SVG input format specs about msdfgen HOT 4 CLOSED

Support for multiple paths / shapes in an SVG file added in 0286aeb.

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Yes, I didn't want to waste time by implementing a comprehensive SVG decoder, so it is pretty limited, but I was always able to generate something the program could read with Inkscape, although sometimes it was easier to help it with a text editor. Basically it reads the first <path> element (which must be in <svg> and can be in a single <g>). If it is wrapped in more stuff, it won't find it, yeah. Also, sometimes the path has the wrong order (winding? chirality?) and the distance field is inverted. Anyway, here is an example working file:

blob.zip

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This shape works fine!

I haven't had time to test thoroughly with formats and options, but just in case this info can be useful to anyone:

• A simple shape created in Inkscape goes through.
• None of the SVG files exported by Illustrator CS6 are accepted. I think I tried all the different output options, so I gather something is indeed weird with the XML structure.
• A simple shape created with Illustrator, saved as SVG, opened and saved again by Inkscape does not go through. This seems to indicate that whatever Adobe specifications is causing problems with the Illustrator SVG tags along to Inkscape.

Thanks for your answer :)

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I fixed similar issues by opening in inkscape and merging paths.
Other times by just adding Z to the end of the path in the svg
(in my case ending the d="M .....Z" with that Z solved the problem)

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