IconVG is a compact, binary format for simple vector graphics

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  IconVG is a compact, binary format for simple vector graphics: icons, logos, glyphs and emoji.

  

https://github.com/google/iconvg/blob/main/spec/iconvg-spec.... also doesn't explain what relative cubeTo does, though from the context (2D vector graphics), “relative” must mean the co-ordinates are relative to the position of the cursor (as opposed to “absolute” which is relative to some fixed origin), and “cube” probably refers to cubic interpolation.

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There's a proposal for a new version that has a much richer imaging model: https://github.com/googlefonts/colr-gradients-spec

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Hi. IconVG author here. Thanks for the attention.

It's still a work-in-progress and I'm actually considering some major file format changes in the coming weeks. As some of you have noticed, the docs aren't complete. I wasn't expecting to hit Hacker News today.

The primary goals are simplicity and security. The file size benefits are a bonus.

Why not .svg.gz? Well, if that (or another format) works for you, that's great. But implementing SVG needs a lot of code (the SVG spec is 400 pages long) plus dependencies like XML, JavaScript and Freetype/Harfbuzz (or equivalent) libraries. It's practically impossible to do a thorough security audit over a complete implementation.

For example, https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/1831 says "We don't want full SVG support. There is too much in the spec that is expensive, heavyweight, and/or duplicates what we already have in Flutter."

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