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svg2png — Render an SVG image to a PNG image using cairo. More information: <https://cairographics.org/>.

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Problem

How to use the svg2png command: Render an SVG image to a PNG image using cairo. More information: <https://cairographics.org/>.

Solution

svg2png — Render an SVG image to a PNG image using cairo. More information: <https://cairographics.org/>.

Convert an SVG file to PNG:
svg2png {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}


Convert an SVG file to PNG with a specific width (preserving aspect ratio):
svg2png {{[-w|--width]}} {{800}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}


Convert an SVG file to PNG with a specific height (preserving aspect ratio):
svg2png {{[-h|--height]}} {{600}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}


Convert an SVG file to PNG with both width and height (image centered in space):
svg2png {{[-w|--width]}} {{800}} {{[-h|--height]}} {{600}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}


Convert an SVG file to PNG scaled by a factor:
svg2png {{[-s|--scale]}} {{2.0}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}


Convert an SVG from stdin to PNG on stdout:
cat {{path/to/file.svg}} | svg2png - - > {{path/to/output.png}}


Flip the output image horizontally or vertically:
svg2png --flipx {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}

Code Snippets

Convert an SVG file to PNG

svg2png {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}

Convert an SVG file to PNG with a specific width (preserving aspect ratio)

svg2png {{[-w|--width]}} {{800}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}

Convert an SVG file to PNG with a specific height (preserving aspect ratio)

svg2png {{[-h|--height]}} {{600}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}

Convert an SVG file to PNG with both width and height (image centered in space)

svg2png {{[-w|--width]}} {{800}} {{[-h|--height]}} {{600}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}

Convert an SVG file to PNG scaled by a factor

svg2png {{[-s|--scale]}} {{2.0}} {{path/to/file.svg}} {{path/to/output.png}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/svg2png

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