# Which SVG features are documented as unsupported or unreliable when rasterising or converting SVG, and how mature is SVG 2?

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- categories: T10, T17 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:19:33.810Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MENCDRZFG153J0J6QG6E08

resvg (commit 5192641d) declares SVG fonts, external-SVG use, colour profiles and the direction/unicode-bidi attributes unsupported, and its SVG 2 checklist marks 31 items done and 69 not done; its claim that browsers fail some static SVG cases is the project's own (README not re-read).

resvg (commit 5192641d) declares SVG fonts, external-SVG use, colour profiles and the direction/unicode-bidi attributes unsupported, and its SVG 2 checklist marks 31 items done and 69 not done; its claim that browsers fail some static SVG cases is the project's own (README not re-read).

Curator qualifications: Documents read 2026-10-22; no SVG rendered or PDF validated. SVG 2 CR snapshot date and resvg README test-count claim from producer reading.

Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; no SVG rendered or PDF validated.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/2026/CR-SVG2-20261006/",
      "note": "resvg 5192641d docs/unsupported.md (full file); resvg 5192641d docs/svg2-changelog.md"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg/blob/5192641d4fd67aef5c0c4d667d570e338da15361/docs/svg2-changelog.md",
      "note": "resvg 5192641d docs/unsupported.md (full file); resvg 5192641d docs/svg2-changelog.md"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg/blob/5192641d4fd67aef5c0c4d667d570e338da15361/docs/unsupported.md",
      "note": "resvg 5192641d docs/unsupported.md (full file); resvg 5192641d docs/svg2-changelog.md"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg/blob/5192641d4fd67aef5c0c4d667d570e338da15361/README.md",
      "note": "resvg 5192641d docs/unsupported.md (full file); resvg 5192641d docs/svg2-changelog.md"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] resvg (commit 5192641d) declares SVG fonts, external-SVG use, colour profiles and the direction/unicode-bidi attributes unsupported, and its SVG 2 checklist marks 31 items done and 69 not done; its claim that browsers fail some static SVG cases is the project's own (README not re-read). · locator: resvg 5192641d docs/unsupported.md (full file); resvg 5192641d docs/svg2-changelog.md · source: https://www.w3.org/TR/2026/CR-SVG2-20261006/

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