Exporting SVG using different methods provides different results
When exporting as an svg using the native "Export, export for screens" Adobe exports the svg as an svg 1.0.
Which isn't as commonly supported as svg 1.1
However, if a user opens that same svg in illustrator and bypasses the export as, and just does cmd + s, it becomes an svg 1.1
It would be useful to always have the same format rather than different ones. Preferably always save as svg 1.1
Daniel
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Hi Daniel,
Thanks a lot for reaching out to the Illustrator team. As a matter of fact, the newer SVG2 specification does no longer use versions anymore.
The main reason is that all modern SVG import tools/browsers ignored the version number and just open with what ever is in the SVG file.
Due to the implementation behaviour and the spec change and to reduce file size, all export scenarios do no longer export with a “version” attribute. That does NOT mean that SVG files get interpreted as version 1.0! The exported features matter not the version number.
We will update the Save as (CMD+S) route in the future to follow the pattern of SVG export.
Thanks,
Dirk
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Dirk Schulze
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Hi Daniel,
Thanks a lot for reaching out to the Illustrator team. As a matter of fact, the newer SVG2 specification does no longer use versions anymore.
The main reason is that all modern SVG import tools/browsers ignored the version number and just open with what ever is in the SVG file.
Due to the implementation behaviour and the spec change and to reduce file size, all export scenarios do no longer export with a "version" attribute. That does NOT mean that SVG files get interpreted as version 1.0! The exported features matter not the version number.
We will update the Save as (CMD+S) route in the future to follow the pattern of SVG export.
Thanks,
Dirk