Low-resolution JPG wordmark: JPG to SVG example
A pine tree mark and slab-serif wordmark saved as a tiny, heavily compressed JPG (520 px wide, quality 38): the kind of logo file pulled from an old website.
- Scales to any size
- One file from a favicon to a poster
- Editable shapes
- 25
- Colors you can swap
- 21
- File size
- 12 KB SVG
The original JPG is 4.4 KB. To print it 4000 px wide as a PNG you would need a 2.09 MB file (172x the SVG), and it would still be an enlarged copy of the same pixels. The SVG stays this size at every size.
Each of the 21 colors in the file is a value you can change, so the whole image recolors instantly. A JPG can only be recolored by repainting it.
Same file, any size
The SVG is drawn fresh at every size. The JPG can only be stretched or squeezed, shown here without smoothing so you see its real pixels.
Favicon, 16 px
Card, 200 px
Poster, 4000 px wide
A window of the print at full size, around the same detail.
The numbers
| Input | JPG, 520 × 225 px |
|---|---|
| Original file | 4.4 KB |
| SVG file | 12 KB (2.8× the original) |
| Paths | 25 |
| Anchor points | 309 |
| Solid colors | 21 |
| Gradients | 0 |
| Vectorizer mode | Default |
| Processing time | 1.0 s |
| PNG at 4000 px wide | 2.09 MB |
Processing time is the full request measured from the browser side, upload included. The SVG is published exactly as the vectorizer returned it.
What the vectorizer did
- The JPG was only 520 px wide with visible compression blocks. The SVG has smooth letter edges and can be printed at any size.
- JPG compression leaves near-identical shades around every edge, so the trace found 21 solid colors where the logo has 5. Reduce colors in the editor merges them back.
- The SVG is larger than this very small JPG, but it is resolution-independent, which the JPG never will be.
Working on something similar? Read more on the JPG to SVG converter page.
