Varsity lettering with drop shadow: PNG to SVG example
Slab-serif EST. lettering with an outline and an offset drop shadow above the year 2026.
- Scales to any size
- One file from a favicon to a poster
- Editable shapes
- 18
- Colors you can swap
- 3
- File size
- 13 KB SVG
The original PNG is 22 KB. To print it 4000 px wide as a PNG you would need a 543 KB file (43x 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 3 colors in the file is a value you can change, so the whole image recolors instantly. A PNG can only be recolored by repainting it.
Same file, any size
The SVG is drawn fresh at every size. The PNG 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 | PNG, 1200 × 700 px, transparent |
|---|---|
| Original file | 22 KB |
| SVG file | 13 KB (58% of the original) |
| Paths | 18 |
| Anchor points | 308 |
| Solid colors | 3 |
| Gradients | 0 |
| Vectorizer mode | Default |
| Processing time | 1.2 s |
| PNG at 4000 px wide | 543 KB |
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 fill, outline and drop shadow came back as stacked shapes in 3 colors, matching the original layers.
- The gaps between outline and shadow keep an even width.
- The SVG is a bit over half the PNG size.
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