` | Ignored | | `` | Ignored | | `` | Ignored | | `` / `` / `` | Partially supported: gradients render when converting to a raster image, but not yet when converting to PDF. | | `` | Ignored | | `` | Supported | This table describes the bundled parser specifically; the Batik backend, when active, follows Batik's own (considerably broader) SVG support instead. ## Output-format notes * **PDF** -- the primary, fully supported target, as above. * **DOCX** -- added to PD4ML after this page was originally written, and worth calling out specifically: PD4ML embeds SVG images in a DOCX output as genuine vector graphics, via the same `asvg:svgBlip` DrawingML extension Microsoft Office itself uses (Office 2016+), rather than rasterizing them first. * **RTF** -- the original caveat here ("HTML+SVG-to-RTF conversion is planned for later") doesn't appear to have been superseded by anything comparable to the DOCX support above; treat SVG content in RTF output as not guaranteed to survive as vector graphics. * **Raster images** (`renderAsImages()`) -- supported under PD4ML's default rendering path, the same one used for PDF/RTF/DOCX. Separately, a newer rendering engine exists that's opted into explicitly via `useHtmlRenderer(Constants.LayoutEngine.v42, ...)`; as of this writing it doesn't render SVG content at all (silently skipping it, the same way any other unsupported element would be) and doesn't yet implement PDF/RTF/DOCX output either -- relevant only to a codebase that has deliberately selected it, not to ordinary `renderAsImages()` usage. ## Examples Two worked examples from the original cookbook page, still hosted on `old.pd4ml.com`: * [Source HTML](http://old.pd4ml.com/i/charts.htm) ([as text](http://old.pd4ml.com/i/charts.txt)) and its [PDF result](http://old.pd4ml.com/i/charts.pdf) -- a set of SVG charts. * [Source HTML](http://old.pd4ml.com/i/svgsource.htm) ([as text](http://old.pd4ml.com/i/svgsource.txt)) and its [PDF result](http://old.pd4ml.com/i/svgresult.pdf) -- a broader tour of individual SVG elements. ## See also * [HTML to Raster Image Conversion](/features/html-to-raster-image-conversion.md) -- more on `renderAsImages()`, including where the experimental v42 engine mentioned above would come into play. * [RTF and DOCX Output](/features/rtf-and-docx-output.md) -- the DOCX/RTF output paths SVG content flows through, described above. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.pd4ml.com/features/svg-to-pdf-conversion.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.pd4ml.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.pd4ml.com/features/svg-to-pdf-conversion.md). # SVG to PDF Conversion PD4ML has parsed and rendered embedded SVG vector graphics since v3.8.5, covering the basic SVG shape model, matrix transforms, transparency, and stroke/fill styling. SVG can appear in a source document either referenced through an ordinary `` tag or written inline as raw `

``` Or the SVG markup can be embedded directly in the HTML source, mixed with ordinary content: ```html ``` ## Two rendering backends Not documented on the original version of this page: PD4ML actually ships two independent SVG renderers. If [Apache Batik](https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/) is present on the classpath, PD4ML uses it first, for Batik's broader SVG specification coverage; if Batik isn't available (or has been explicitly disabled), PD4ML falls back to its own bundled, lightweight SVG parser -- the one the support table below describes. Setting `PD4ML.disableBatik = true` forces the bundled parser even when Batik is on the classpath, which is worth doing deliberately for a smaller deployment footprint if Batik's extra coverage isn't needed. ## What's supported | SVG element | Support | | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `