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Some paths disappear when saving as SVG

Community Beginner ,
Jul 07, 2021 Jul 07, 2021

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I'm new to illustrator so hopefully this is just because of my limited knowledge and is an easy fix. I'm trying to save a simple logo as a SVG file but when I do, some of the paths disappear. However, when saved as a PNG, I don't have this problem. What am I doing wrong? 

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Community Expert , Jul 07, 2021 Jul 07, 2021

I think what was meant by outlining is to convert the stroked paths to objects...  Menu: Object > Path > Outline Stroke

 

Personally, leaving strokes in logo assets can be dangerous because you never know if someone down the line will open it,  scale things (for whatever reason) but forget to consider scaling the width of the stroke as well. Best convert them to shapes when you're finished your design (keep a working file with the strokes intact, of course)

 

 

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Jul 07, 2021 Jul 07, 2021

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Those paths are unfilled with a black stroke?

Can you try and outline them?

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Jul 07, 2021 Jul 07, 2021

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Thanks for the suggestion. Outlining didn't work either. The only way I've found to make it save right is to rasterize the dissapearing paths. Not the best solution since it makes curved lines look blocky, but it'll work for this logo, anyway. 

That being said, I'm open to ways that don't involve rasterization if you (or anyonw else) can think of any.

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I think what was meant by outlining is to convert the stroked paths to objects...  Menu: Object > Path > Outline Stroke

 

Personally, leaving strokes in logo assets can be dangerous because you never know if someone down the line will open it,  scale things (for whatever reason) but forget to consider scaling the width of the stroke as well. Best convert them to shapes when you're finished your design (keep a working file with the strokes intact, of course)

 

 

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Jul 08, 2021 Jul 08, 2021

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Thanks. This helps a lot. I think I've got the problem figured out now. I appreciate your advice!

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Apr 19, 2022 Apr 19, 2022

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I noticed that if you have some objects grouped, they're disappear or radically displace themselves. If anything spontaneously misaligns or disappears, try to ungroup everything.

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