Is my logo really vector?
Most “SVG” logo files from online makers contain a bitmap. Paste or drop your file below. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
What the check looks for
- Embedded images and base64 data — a bitmap inside a file called SVG.
- Live text — the label will reflow or substitute a font on another machine.
- Filters and gradients — unreliable in print, cutting and embroidery workflows.
- Path command count — heavy traces cut and stitch badly, even when they are vector.
- Canvas size — the viewBox tells you the coordinate space, not the physical size.
Why a bitmap in an SVG matters
A browser will happily draw a bitmap inside an SVG, which is why the problem survives a visual check. A printer may rasterise the whole page and hide it. A vinyl cutter cannot follow a bitmap at all, and an embroiderer has to redraw it before a needle can move. The file is only as vector as its least vector object.
The guide explains the three ways to check by hand and what each result means: does my SVG have an embedded image?.
What a production file has instead
True geometry: closed paths, flat colours, outlined type and a node count a machine can work with. The Production Pack is built that way from the first second, so the same mark becomes an SVG, a one-ink cut version, a PDF and a favicon set without a redraw.