SVG Essentials

SVG Essentials by J. David Eisenberg

Learn the essentials of Scalable Vector Graphics, the mark-up language used by most vector drawing programs and interactive web graphics tools. SVG Essentials takes you through SVG’s capabilities, beginning with simple line drawings and moving through complicated features such as filters, transformations, gradients, and patterns.

Create and style graphics to match your web design in a way that looks great when printed or displayed on high-resolution screens
Animate graphics with SVG markup, or add interactivity with CSS and JavaScript
Create SVG from existing vector data or XML data, using programming languages and XSLT