Prince - Prince 11 User Guide

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

SVG can be included in any XML document simply by adding a svg element.

Global definitions of graphical elements are supported, for example references to elements outside of the current SVG fragment, either in the same document or other documents. Defining these elements in a <defs> element helps understandability of the SVG element. You can use a <use> element to reference those elements later.

The display, float, and flow properties and all margin, padding, border, and background properties can be applied to the top-level svg element but not to child elements within it.

The following elements are supported inside the svg element:

g for grouping related graphics elements

rect for drawing rectangles

circle for drawing circles

ellipse for drawing ellipses

line for drawing lines

mask for masking another element

polyline for drawing polylines

polygon for drawing polygons

path for drawing arbitrary paths

text for drawing text

tspan for adjusting text and font properties inside the text element

image for including bitmap image files

a for creating hyperlinks

defs for containing referenced elements

use for using a referenced element

Viewbox and viewport

The svg element should include view box and view port information so that the SVG content can be correctly mapped to the containing box.

Attributes

width the width of the viewport (100% of the container width, if omitted)

height the height of the viewport (100% of the container width, if omitted)

viewBox(x y width height) the x, y coordinate of the top left corner of the viewbox and the width and height of the viewbox

Attributes
`width`	the width of the viewport (100% of the container width, if omitted)
`height`	the height of the viewport (100% of the container width, if omitted)
`viewBox`(x y width height)	the x, y coordinate of the top left corner of the viewbox and the width and height of the viewbox

XML

<svg width="3cm" height="2cm" viewBox="0 0 300 200">
    <!-- the SVG content -->
</svg>

Rectangles

Rectangles are created using the rect element.

Attributes

x, y the x, y coordinates of the top left corner of the rectangle

width the width of the rectangle

height the height of the rectangle

rx, ry the radii for rounded corners

Attributes
`x`, `y`	the x, y coordinates of the top left corner of the rectangle
`width`	the width of the rectangle
`height`	the height of the rectangle
`rx`, `ry`	the radii for rounded corners

XML

<svg viewBox="0 0 500 300"
        width="10cm" height="6cm">
 <g fill="none" stroke="gray" stroke-width="20">
  <rect x="50" y="50" width="400" height="200"
        rx="80" ry="50"/>
 </g>
</svg>

Output

Circles

Circles are created using the circle element.

Attributes

cx, cy the centre of the circle

r the radius of the circle

Attributes
`cx`, `cy`	the centre of the circle
`r`	the radius of the circle

XML

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200"
        width="5cm" height="5cm">
 <g fill="none" stroke="gray" stroke-width="20">
   <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="100"/>
 </g>
</svg>

Output

Ellipses

Ellipses are created using the ellipse element.

Attributes

cx, cy the centre of the ellipse

rx, ry the radii of the ellipse

Attributes
`cx`, `cy`	the centre of the ellipse
`rx`, `ry`	the radii of the ellipse

XML

<svg viewBox="-10 0 220 200"
        width="6cm" height="6cm">
 <g fill="none" stroke="gray" stroke-width="20">
  <ellipse cx="100" cy="100" rx="100" ry="60" />
 </g>
</svg>

Output

Lines

Lines are created using the line element.

Attributes

x1, y1 the start point of the line

x2, y2 the end point of the line

Attributes
`x1`, `y1`	the start point of the line
`x2`, `y2`	the end point of the line

XML

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 50"
        width="6cm" height="3cm">
 <g stroke="gray" stroke-width="2">
    <line x1="10" y1="25" x2="90" y2="25"/>
 </g>
</svg>

Output

Masks

Masks are created using the mask element.

Attributes

x the x-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangle

y the y-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangle

width the width of the rectangle

height the height of the rectangle

Attributes
`x`	the x-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangle
`y`	the y-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangle
`width`	the width of the rectangle
`height`	the height of the rectangle

XML

<svg xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="Gradient">
      <stop offset="0" stop-color="white" stop-opacity="0" />
      <stop offset="1" stop-color="white" stop-opacity="1" />
    </linearGradient>
    <mask id="Mask" x="0" y="0" width="200" height="200">
      <rect x="0" y="0" width="200" height="200" fill="url(#Gradient)"  />
    </mask>
  </defs>

  <rect x="0" y="0" width="200" height="200" fill="green" />
  <rect x="0" y="0" width="200" height="200" fill="red" mask="url(#Mask)" />
</svg>

Output

Polylines

Polylines are created using the polyline element.

Attributes

points list of points that defines the line. Points are separated by whitespace and each point is a pair of x, y coordinates separated by comma.

Attributes
`points`	list of points that defines the line. Points are separated by whitespace and each point is a pair of x, y coordinates separated by comma.

XML

<svg viewBox="0 0 600 400"
        width="6cm" height="4cm">
 <g stroke="gray" stroke-width="10">
  <polyline points="50,300 200,300 200,100
               400,100 400,300 550,300" />
 </g>
</svg>

Output

Polygons

Polygons are created using the polygon element.

Attributes

points list of points that defines the line. Points are separated by whitespace and each point is a pair of x, y coordinates separated by comma.

Attributes
`points`	list of points that defines the line. Points are separated by whitespace and each point is a pair of x, y coordinates separated by comma.

XML

<svg viewBox="600 0 600 400"
        width="6cm" height="4cm">
 <g fill="none" stroke="gray" stroke-width="10">
    <polygon points="850,75  958,137.5 958,262.5
                    850,325 742,262.6 742,137.5" />
 </g>
</svg>

Output

Paths

The path element is for drawing arbitrary paths. The d attribute inside the element path takes a list of path commands. Parameters of a command can be separated either by whitespace or a comma.

Command	Parameters	Meaning
M (absolute), m (relative)	(x y)+	moves to the given (x, y) coordinates to start a new subpath
Z or z	none	closes the current subpath
L (absolute), l (relative)	(x y)+	draws a line to the given (x, y) coordinates
H (absolute), h (relative)	x+	draws a horizontal line to the given x coordinates
V (absolute), v (relative)	y+	draws a vertical line to the given y coordinates
C (absolute), c (relative)	(x1 y1 x2 y2 x y)+	draws a cubic Bézier curve to the given (x,y) coordinates, uses the given (x1,y1) coordinates as the first control point, the (x2,y2) coordinates as the second control point
S (absolute), s (relative)	(x2 y2 x y)+	short hand of the C/c command: the reflection relative to the current point of the second control point of the previous command is used as the first control point.
Q (absolute), q (relative)	(x1 y1 x y)+	draws a quadratic cubic Bézier curve to the given (x,y) coordinates, uses the given (x1,y1) coordinates as the control point.
T (absolute), t (relative)	(x y)+	short hand of the Q/q command: the reflection relative to the current point of the control point of the previous command is used as the control point.
A (absolute), a (relative)	(rx ry x-axis-rotation large-arc-flag sweep-flag x y)+	draws an elliptical arc to (x, y): the size and rotation of the ellipse are defined by two radii (rx, ry) and the x-axis-rotation; the center (cx, cy) of the ellipse is also determined by the large-arc-flag and sweep-flag constraint.

Command

Parameters

Meaning

M (absolute), m (relative)

(x y)+

moves to the given (x, y) coordinates to start a new subpath

Z or z

none

closes the current subpath

L (absolute), l (relative)

(x y)+

draws a line to the given (x, y) coordinates

H (absolute), h (relative)

draws a horizontal line to the given x coordinates

V (absolute), v (relative)

draws a vertical line to the given y coordinates

C (absolute), c (relative)

(x1 y1 x2 y2 x y)+

draws a cubic Bézier curve to the given (x,y) coordinates, uses the given (x1,y1) coordinates as the first control point, the (x2,y2) coordinates as the second control point

S (absolute), s (relative)

(x2 y2 x y)+

short hand of the C/c command: the reflection relative to the current point of the second control point of the previous command is used as the first control point.

Q (absolute), q (relative)

(x1 y1 x y)+

draws a quadratic cubic Bézier curve to the given (x,y) coordinates, uses the given (x1,y1) coordinates as the control point.

T (absolute), t (relative)

(x y)+

short hand of the Q/q command: the reflection relative to the current point of the control point of the previous command is used as the control point.

A (absolute), a (relative)

(rx ry x-axis-rotation large-arc-flag sweep-flag x y)+

draws an elliptical arc to (x, y): the size and rotation of the ellipse are defined by two radii (rx, ry) and the x-axis-rotation; the center (cx, cy) of the ellipse is also determined by the large-arc-flag and sweep-flag constraint.

XML

<svg viewBox="0 0 600 400"
        width="12cm" height="8cm">
 <g fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="10">
    <path d="M100,200 C100,100 250,100
		    250,200 S400,300 400,200" />
 </g>
</svg>

Output

Text

The text element is for writing arbitrary text. The tspan element is supported inside the text element, for adjusting text position and font properties.

Attributes

x, y the absolute position of the text

dx, dy the relative offset of the current text position (optional)

Attributes
`x`, `y`	the absolute position of the text
`dx`, `dy`	the relative offset of the current text position (optional)

XML

<svg viewBox="0 0 1000 300"
        width="10cm" height="3cm">
    <text x="200" y="150" fill="blue" font-size="70">
      That
        <tspan dx="2em" dy="-50" font-weight="bold" fill="red" >
          is
        </tspan>
        <tspan dy="100">
           a peach!
        </tspan>
    </text>
</svg>

Output

Images

The image element is for including external image files, either bitmap images or other SVG images.

Attributes

xlink:href the URL of the image to include

x, y the x, y coordinates of the top left corner of the image

width the width of the image

height the height of the image

Attributes
`xlink:href`	the URL of the image to include
`x`, `y`	the x, y coordinates of the top left corner of the image
`width`	the width of the image
`height`	the height of the image

Note that the href element must be placed in the XLink namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink in order to work.

XML

<svg xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    ...
    <image x="100" y="100" width="50" height="50" xlink:href="myimage.jpg"/>
    ...
</svg>

Links

The a element is for creating hyperlinks.

Attributes

xlink:href the URL of the link

Attributes
`xlink:href`	the URL of the link

Note that the href element must be placed in the XLink namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink in order to work.

XML

<svg xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    ...
    <a xlink:href="http://www.example.com">
        ...
    </a>
    ...
</svg>

Transformations

The transform attribute can be used on g, path, and all of the basic shape elements. It accepts any sequence of the following transformations separated by whitespace.

translate(tx ty)
scale(sx [sy])
rotate(angle)
skewX(angle)
skewY(angle)
matrix(a b c d e f)

XML

<svg viewBox="-150 -200 1400 700" width="12cm" height="6cm">
  <g fill="none" stroke-width="30">
    <rect width="400" height="200" stroke="lightgray"/>
    <rect width="400" height="200" stroke="darkgreen" transform="rotate(-30)"/>
    <g transform="translate(700 100) rotate(-30)">
      <rect width="400" height="200" stroke="blue"/>
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>

Output

Style Properties

The following style properties are supported on SVG elements:

Style properties can be applied using SVG presentation attributes:

<rect fill="yellow" stroke="blue" stroke-width="20"
        width="200" height="100"/>

Or by using CSS properties inside the style attribute or element:

<rect style="fill:yellow; stroke:blue; stroke-width:20"
        width="200" height="100"/>