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This is a draft explores limits of SVG artwork in xml2rfc.

This draft explores limits of SVG artwork in . Text output of Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) and RFCs doesn't embed SVG artwork. Only HTML and PDF formats embed SVG artwork. Between those two formats, PDF is the deciding factor. This is because of the limitations of the PDF rendering capabilities of tool. Note that PDF output will contain lot of empty spaces, this is on purpose to maximize the use of A4 size PDF page. PDF of rendering of this draft is available here.

This is an example of <artwork> without a <figure> element to add a caption. The example is generated with following XML. ]]>

Width	Height	viewBox Value
900 px	1200 px	"0 0 900 1200"

This is an example of <artwork> with a <figure> element to add a caption. Note that the caption of the figure fits in to a single line in PDF format. If the caption runs longer than a one line, adjust the height of SVG artwork accordingly. The example is generated with following XML. SVG artwork with the caption ]]>

Width	Height	viewBox Value
900 px	1140 px	"0 0 900 1140"

SVG artwork with the caption

The PDF files available in datatracker are different from PDF files published by RFC editor for published RFCs. The correct PDF output for RFC must be produced with . The PDF output of the I-Ds can be tested using with --pdf switch. Other option is to use . Use of of Author Tools for this is recommended because Author Tools contains the latest versions of all the tools and libraries and the required fonts

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