How to make SVG stroke-width consistent across the entire path? - svg

Here is an example:
<svg width="60" height="30">
<path stroke="red" stroke-width="1" fill="none" d="M0 25 L10 25 L45 5 L55 5"/>
</svg>
I find that the inclined line segment has a thinner stroke-width then the horizontal lines. How do I make the stroke-width consistent across the entire path?
Breaking the path into multiple paths did not help as the line joins are not elegant. The points are generated dynamically so the solution needs to be generic.

<svg width="180" height="120">
<g stroke="red" fill="none">
<g stroke-width="1">
<path id="p" d="M0 25l10 0l35-20l10 0" />
<use href="#p" y="25" shape-rendering="optimizeQuality"/>
<use href="#p" y="50" shape-rendering="crispEdges"/>
</g>
<use href="#p" stroke-width="2" x="60"/>
<use href="#p" stroke-width="3" x="120"/>
</g>
</svg>
I added stroke-width 2 and 3 to your example. The effect is less because more pixels are being used to draw the line.
At 1 pixel your monitor and Browser can't make much of it. Only add (some) anti-aliasing.
screenshot zoomed:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/shape-rendering won't help
because it is still your monitor/browser only having 1 pixel to draw that line
Same for CSS https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/image-rendering..
it is still 1 pixel
Same for setting style="transform:translateZ(0)"
Maybe in the future with Quantum Dot display technology it will look better. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_generation_of_display_technology

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Gap SVG circle/ellipse with vertical linecap edges

I am drawing an SVG ellipse and I want two gaps, positioned center top and bottom:
<ellipse fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width cx="15" cy="15" rx="12.55" ry="13.45" stroke-dasharray="19.65 1.5 39.32 1.5"/>
But I want the gap edges to be vertical, like if I a straight line was drawn through the un-gapped ellipse:
<g stroke-width="1.5">
<ellipse stroke="black" fill="none" cx="15" cy="15" rx="12.55" ry="13.45"/>
<path stroke="white" d="M15 35 V30">
</g>
I can't do that, because the line is not transparent. The gaps should look like nothing has been drawn there and not alter or overlay the background.
Further unsuccessful experiments:
stroke-linecap="square" on example #1
stroke="transparent" for the line in ex. #2.
stroke="transparent" stroke-occupacy="1" for the line in ex. #2.
What can I do?
jsfiddle
This is a typical case for using a mask. Everything that coincides with the white parts of the mask is drawn as is, everything that coincides with the black parts becomes transparent.
<svg viewBox="0 0 40 40" height="90vh">
<mask id="mask">
<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="white" />
<path stroke="black" stroke-width="5" d="M15 35 V0" />
</mask>
<ellipse stroke="black" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5"
mask="url(#mask)"
cx="15" cy="15" rx="12.55" ry="13.45" />
</svg>

SMIL animation of skillbars

I've been searching for hours and hours and I just don't comprehend how I cannot find a solution to animate skillbars in SMIL.
So I've got an SVG composed of two paths, one for the outter border and the other for the fill and I want to animate the fill onload of the page to start at 0 and reach its final width or position after a given amount of time (say 800ms).
Have a look at the HTML:
https://codepen.io/anon/pen/PaOqrr
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="80%" viewBox="0.626 346.31 226.762 13.796" enable-background="new 0.626 346.31 226.762 13.796" xml:space="preserve">
<path fill="#4A929D" d="M159.155,353.208c0,3.536-2.868,6.398-6.398,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0 c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397h145.233C156.289,346.81,159.155,349.676,159.155,353.208L159.155,353.208z"/>
<path fill="none" stroke="#88C2C8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-dasharray="0,2" d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z"/>
I really want to achieve this only with SMIL. I know how to do with JS and CSS but I can't believe this won't work with animate.
I have tried the attribute "x" and "width" but it doesn't budge.
Any idea?
Paths don't have a x or width attribute, so animating those won't do anything.
There are several ways to achieve what you want. But the simplest would probably be use a mask or a clip path to define the area between the dots and then animate the position of your progress bar. You would start with it off to the left (ie not visible through the clip) and then slowly move it to the right, so that it appears to grow in length.
Your current bar only covers about two thirds of our progress. So we can't really use it. Scaling or moving it won't help us. So we might as well discard it.
However we can use the dots path, as that matches what we need. If we copy the path definition across, we get the following:
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
width="80%" viewBox="0.626 346.31 226.762 13.796">
<path fill="#4A929D"
d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z"/>
<path fill="none" stroke="#88C2C8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-dasharray="0,2"
d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z"/>
</svg>
We can now animate the progress bar by animating the transform of that path. We use a translate() transform to move it from left to right by an appropriate amount.
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
width="80%" viewBox="0.626 346.31 226.762 13.796">
<path fill="#4A929D"
d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z">
<animateTransform attributeName="transform" attributeType="XML"
type="translate" from="-226, 0" to="0, 0"
dur="3s" fill="freeze"/>
</path>
<path fill="none" stroke="#88C2C8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-dasharray="0,2"
d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z"/>
</svg>
Now moving it alone is not enough. We need to hide the part of the moving bar that is outside our channel of dots. We can do that by applying a <mask> or a <clipPath>. I'm going to use a clip path. Since the clip path will be the same shape as the progress bar path, and the dots path, we will use the same definition.
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
width="80%" viewBox="0.626 346.31 226.762 13.796">
<defs>
<clipPath id="bar-clip">
<path d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z"/>
</clipPath>
</defs>
<g clip-path="url(#bar-clip)">
<path fill="#4A929D"
d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z">
<animateTransform attributeName="transform" attributeType="XML"
type="translate" from="-226, 0" to="0, 0"
dur="3s" fill="freeze"/>
</path>
</g>
<path fill="none" stroke="#88C2C8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-dasharray="0,2"
d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z"/>
</svg>
When you look at the above, you may wonder why we applied the clip to a group (<g>) rather than directly to the progress bar path itself. The reason is because, if we apply it to the path, it will be affected by the animated transform. It will move with the path, and so no clipping will happen.
Finally, we are using the same path three times here. You may wonder if we can do anything to make the file smaller. The answer is yes. We can define the path just once, then refer to it everywhere else it is needed. We can do that by using the <use> element.
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
width="80%" viewBox="0.626 346.31 226.762 13.796">
<defs>
<clipPath id="bar-clip">
<path id="bar-shape" d="M226.888,353.208 c0,3.536-2.867,6.398-6.397,6.398H7.524c-3.533,0-6.397-2.864-6.397-6.398l0,0c0-3.531,2.865-6.397,6.397-6.397H220.49 C224.021,346.81,226.888,349.676,226.888,353.208L226.888,353.208z"/>
</clipPath>
</defs>
<g clip-path="url(#bar-clip)">
<use xlink:href="#bar-shape" fill="#4A929D">
<animateTransform attributeName="transform" attributeType="XML"
type="translate" from="-226, 0" to="0, 0"
dur="3s" fill="freeze"/>
</use>
</g>
<use xlink:href="#bar-shape" fill="none" stroke="#88C2C8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-dasharray="0,2"/>
</svg>

svg draw circle with curved text inside

I need to draw red cirle with two curved string inside like that:
upper string always be 3 chars length
lower string can be from 1 to 20 chars length
UPDATE1:
I try to use textpath and circle tags, but I think I need to change some coordinates:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<circle cx="40" cy="40" r="24" style="stroke:#006600; fill:none"/>
<defs>
<path id="myTextPath"
d="M75,20
a1,1 0 0,0 150,0"
/>
</defs>
<text x="5" y="50" style="stroke: #000000;">
<textPath xlink:href="#myTextPath" >
string
</textPath>
</text>
</svg>
Also I didnt clear understand <path> 'd' atrribute , but I found out that I can change starting point to M10,20 but how I can change text curve orientation?
d="M10,20 a1,1 0 0,0 150,0"
To have text that "hangs" from a line nicely, the best way right now is to use a path with a smaller radius. There is an attribute to adjust the text's baseline, but that doesn't work reliably.
So you need two arcs. One for the bottom half of the circle, and one with a smaller radius for the top half. They also need to both start from the left. That means one will go clockwise, and the other will go anti-clockwise. You control that with the arc command's "sweep" flag.
We need to also use startOffset="50%" and text-anchor="middle" to centre the text on the paths.
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
viewBox="0 0 80 80">
<defs>
<path id="tophalf" d="M26,40 a14,14 0 0,1 28,0" />
<path id="lowerhalf" d="M16,40 a24,24 0 0,0 48,0" />
</defs>
<circle cx="40" cy="40" r="24" style="stroke:#006600; fill:none"/>
<path d="M16,40 a24,24 0 0,0 48,0" style="stroke:#600; fill:none"/>
<text x="5" y="50" style="stroke: #000000;"
text-anchor="middle">
<textPath xlink:href="#tophalf" startOffset="50%">str</textPath>
</text>
<text x="5" y="50" style="stroke: #000000;"
text-anchor="middle">
<textPath xlink:href="#lowerhalf" startOffset="50%">second st</textPath>
</text>
</svg>
This works fine in FF, but unfortunately, it seems there are bugs in Chrome and IE right now that is causing the text to not be centred properly on those browsers.

evenodd fill on a group of shapes

How would I get an evenodd fill on #g3:
<defs>
<ellipse id="g1" cx="100" cy="100" rx="75" ry="40" fill="none" />
</defs>
<g id="g3" stroke="black" stroke-width="2">
<g id="g2">
<use xlink:href="#g1" />
<use xlink:href="#g1" transform="rotate(30 100 100)"/>
</g>
<use xlink:href="#g2" transform="rotate(60 100 100)"/>
<use xlink:href="#g2" transform="rotate(120 100 100)"/>
</g>
So iow, its just a series of rotated ellipses, but I want the intersecting regions evenodd filled:
Just adding fill-rule = "evenodd" to #g3 doesn't do it. Sorry if this is too elementary. I realize there's probably a way to do this in .js, but want to know if it can be done with straight svg.
For example, is there a way in which #g3 itself is defined as a new path in some sense, so that evenodd could be applied to it in totality.
I guess just basically draw a series of arcs in one path in a loop from .js - that way its all one path and evenodd fill-type should work, I guess. Nevermind.

SVG clipPath to clip the *outer* content out

Normally, the <clipPath> element hides everything that is outside the clip path. To achieve the opposite effect - that is to "cut out" something from the image - i want to use two paths in the clipPath and the clip-rule="evenodd" attribute. Basically, I want to "xor" the clip paths.
But it doesn't work. It shows the region "ORed":
<clipPath clip-rule="evenodd" id="imageclippath" clipPathUnits = "objectBoundingBox">
<rect clip-rule="evenodd" x="0.3" y="0.3" height="0.6" width="6" />
<rect clip-rule="evenodd" x="0" y="0" height="0.5" width="0.5" />
</clipPath>
<rect clip-path="url(#imageclippath)" x="0" y="0" height="500" width="500" fill="red"/>
EDIT:
My problem is that AFAIK <mask> doesn't work in iOS WebKit.
It's much easier to do what you're after with a mask, see this example. Here's the mask definition:
<mask id="maskedtext">
<circle cx="50%" cy="50%" r="50" fill="white"/>
<text x="50%" y="55%" text-anchor="middle" font-size="48">ABC</text>
</mask>
Regions that are white inside the mask will be kept, everything else will be clipped away.
Here's another example that uses clipPath instead, is a bit trickier since you need to use a path element to get the clip-rule to apply. The clipPath that uses clip-rule there looks like this:
<clipPath id="clipPath1">
<path id="p1" d="M10 10l100 0 0 100 -100 0ZM50 50l40 0 0 40 -40 0Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/>
</clipPath>

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