SVG Essentials

Preface Chapter 1. Getting Started Graphics Systems Scalability SVG's Role Creating an SVG Graphic Chapter 2. Coordinates The Viewport Using Default User Coordinates Specifying User Coordinates for a Viewport Preserving Aspect Ratio Nested Systems of Coordinates Chapter 3. Basic Shapes Lines Stroke Characteristics Rectangles Circles and Ellipses The polygon Element The polyline Element Line Caps and Joins Basic Shapes Reference Summary Chapter 4. Document Structure Structure and Presentation Using Styles with SVG Document Structure--Grouping and Referencing Objects Chapter 5. Transforming the Coordinate System The translate Transformation The scale Transformation Sequences of Transformations Technique: Converting from Cartesian Coordinates The rotate Transformation Technique: Scaling Around a Center Point The skewX and skewY Transformations Transformation Reference Summary Chapter 6. Paths moveto, lineto, and closepath Relative moveto and lineto Path Shortcuts Elliptical Arc Technique: Converting from Other Arc Formats B\('ezier Curves Path Reference Summary Paths and Filling The marker element Marker Miscellanea Chapter 7. Patterns and Gradients Patterns Gradients Transforming Gradients and Patterns Chapter 8. Text Text Terminology Simple Attributes and Properties of the text Element Text Alignment The tspan element Setting textLength Vertical Text Internationalization and Text Text on a Path Whitespace and Text Case Study--Adding Text to a Graphic Chapter 9. Clipping and Masking Clipping to a Path Masking Case Study--Masking a Graphic Chapter 10. Filters How Filters Work Creating a Drop Shadow Creating a Glowing Shadow The feImage Filter The feComponentTransfer Filter The feComposite Filter The feBlend Filter The feFlood and feTile Filters Lighting Effects Accessing the Background The feMorphology Element The feConvolveMatrix Element The feDisplacementMap Element The feTurbulence Element Filter Reference Summary Chapter 11. Animating and Scripting SVG Animation Basics How Time Is Measured Repeated Action The set Element The animateColor Element The animateTransform Element The animateMotion Element Using Links in SVG Scripting SVG Chapter 12. Generating SVG Using Perl to Convert Custom Data to SVG Using Java to Convert XML to SVG Using XSLT to Convert XML Data to SVG Chapter 13. Serving SVG Files Serving Web Files--The Task at Hand Partitioning the Task Setting up the Server Appendix A. The XML You Need for SVG Appendix B. Introduction to Stylesheets Appendix C. Programming Concepts Appendix D. Matrix Algebra Appendix E. Creating Fonts Appendix F. Using SVG with Other XML Applications Index