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July 7, 2014
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Why are my SVG paths distorted?

  • July 7, 2014
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Hello,

I've saved down a bunch of icons from Illustrator as SVG to be made into an icon font.

Most are just fine.

But a few of them are distorted, the points and curves are jumbled by just a little bit here and there ... apparent when I open the SVG file back in Illustrator too.

In the example below, you can see that the edges of some of the shapes have moved when saved down (the font is Helvetica).

Is there a step I should take to save shapes down correctly as SVG from Illustrator CC 2014?

Regards,

Pete

    Correct answer Monika Gause

    Looks like "Decimal places" has been set too low.

    3 replies

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    Zesty27960879o75i
    Participant
    January 30, 2024

    Thank you helped! set to 5 the decimal ❤️

     

    seanc86828979
    seanc86828979
    Participant
    July 13, 2018

    yeah same problem, set decimnal to like 4. works perfect.

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      July 7, 2014

      Looks like "Decimal places" has been set too low.

        RayGun Voss
        RayGun Voss
        Participating Frequently
        November 10, 2015

        i realize this is an old post, but can you explain the "decimal places" a bit more?

        thank you!

        brandon

        RayGun Voss
        RayGun Voss
        Participating Frequently
        November 16, 2015

        thanks larry,

        i tired with a higher number and now it throws the sag off the art board by quite a ways.

        will keep trying to find the variable.

        thanks,

        -b


        we may have found a solution on this mystery SVG issue. we made the artboard for the icons 30x30 pixels. (up from 25x25)

        so far things look good. no more degenerating of vectors and weird placement outside of artboard.

        crossing finfgers, but i think we solved it.

        -b

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