How do I convert an SVG to PDF?

Drop your .svg file on the converter above. The SVG is parsed into a Polotno design and opens in the live editor — click "Download as Vector PDF" (default) or "Download as Bitmap PDF" at the top of the editor to export. The PDF is generated entirely in your browser, no upload, no signup.

Will the PDF stay vector or be flattened to an image?

Your choice. The default "Download as Vector PDF" preserves paths, strokes, and text as vector PDF objects — sharp at any zoom, small file size, text remains selectable. The secondary "Download as Bitmap PDF" rasterizes every page (one flattened image per page) for closer visual parity with the editor canvas, at the cost of file size and a fixed resolution. Pick vector for design exports, bitmap when you need a visual snapshot.

Can I edit the SVG before downloading?

Yes — the editor opens automatically as part of the conversion. Move shapes, swap colors, retype text, add new elements, then click Download. That editor handoff is the main difference from a basic file-only SVG-to-PDF converter.

Does the converter upload my file?

No. Parsing, editing, and PDF generation all run in your browser. Your file never reaches our servers — useful for client artwork, NDA work, or anything else you need to keep local.

What size limit is there?

Anything that fits in browser memory. Most laptops handle SVGs up to ~50 MB without issue. Very large or path-heavy SVGs (thousands of nodes — detailed maps, generative art) may take a few seconds to parse but should still convert.

Can I do this in code instead?

Yes. The same conversion is available in the Polotno SDK — call svgToJson() to parse the SVG, load it into a store, then either jsonToPDFBlob() from @polotno/pdf-export/browser for vector output or store.saveAsPDF() for raster. See the SVG Import and PDF Export docs in the SDK reference for the full API.

SVG to PDF converter — free, edit before downloading

Quick answer

Drop an SVG, get a vector PDF in seconds. Edit the design before exporting if you want to.

Formula: SVG → Polotno JSON → PDF (vector, browser-only)

Drop a SVG file here to convert it to PDF

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Runs entirely in your browser. Your file never leaves your device.

SVG is a vector format browsers can render natively; PDF is the format every printer, design buyer, and review tool can open. Converting between them shouldn't require a desktop design app, a third-party upload, or losing the vector edges. Drop your SVG above and the editor opens with your design loaded — tweak it if you want, then click Download to get a vector PDF.

Vector preserved, no flattening

Many online "SVG to PDF" converters rasterize the result — you upload a clean vector, you get back a 300 DPI bitmap wrapped in a PDF, blurred at any other zoom and 10× the file size it should be. This converter parses the SVG into a Polotno design tree (paths, text, images, groups) and re-emits it through a real vector PDF engine. Strokes stay strokes, paths stay paths, text stays selectable. A bitmap option is also available when you need a pixel-perfect snapshot of the editor canvas instead.

Edit during conversion

After you drop the file, the SVG opens inside the same Polotno editor we license to companies that ship design tools in their products. Move shapes, change colors, edit text, add an image — or just click Download as Vector PDF if no edits are needed. This solves the most common SVG-to-PDF pain: a designer's SVG that's 95% right, and you need to fix one thing without round-tripping through Illustrator.

How it works

svgToJson() parses the SVG into a Polotno design — the same parser our SDK customers use to import SVG assets in production.
The design loads into a Polotno editor mounted right on this page: pages, groups, paths, text, images, all editable.
Click Download as Vector PDF and the editor passes the design JSON to jsonToPDFBlob() from @polotno/pdf-export/browser, which emits a real vector PDF (paths, strokes, selectable text). The Bitmap PDF option calls store.saveAsPDF() instead — one flattened image per page.
Everything runs in the browser — your file never touches our servers.

The same conversion in code

If you're building an app that needs to convert SVGs to PDFs on the user's behalf, the same code path is available via the Polotno SDK:

import { createStore } from "polotno/model/store";
import { svgToJson } from "@polotno/svg-import";
import { jsonToPDFBlob } from "@polotno/pdf-export/browser";

const store = createStore({ key: "YOUR_KEY" });
const json = await svgToJson({ svg: svgString });
store.loadJSON(json);

// Vector PDF (default in this tool)
const blob = await jsonToPDFBlob(store.toJSON());

// Or raster — flattened image per page
await store.saveAsPDF({ fileName: "design.pdf" });

Full API reference: SVG Import, PDF Export, and the Import & Export overview.