SVG Bulk Outliner

Script to quickly outline text for all SVGs in a folder.

Pre-requisites

This script uses Inkscape to process the SVG files, so it must be installed first. Download Inkscape at:

https://inkscape.org/pt-br/release/inkscape-1.0/

Installation and usage

Install this package as a global module:

npm install -g svg-bulk-outliner

Once you have completed installation, simply run the command below from the folder containing SVG files you wish to convert:

svg-bulk-outline

The script will recursively parse through the folder and convert text to outlines on any SVG files it finds. By default the files will be overwritten with the outlined version. See Parameters for additional configuration options if you want to save a copy instead of overwriting.

Parameters

Optional parameters to customize the conversion. All example output assumes the following input files:

input-file1.svg
input-file2.svg
input-file3.svg

--cwd

Specify the working directory to recurse through. By default, svg-bulk-outline will process through the current working directory.

svg-bulk-outline --cwd="~/Desktop"

--dry-run

Don't actually modify the files, but show an output of what the results should look like on the set. Will not actually run inkscape against the files, but its useful to check that all the files you want processed are renamed properly and included in your run.

svg-bulk-outline --dry-run

--file-prefix

Specify a file name prefix for output files. Will rename input files unless --save-copy is also specified.

svg-bulk-outline --file-prefix="foo-"

Expected output:

foo-input-file1.svg
foo-input-file2.svg
foo-input-file3.svg

Run with --save-copy

svg-bulk-outline --file-prefix="foo-" --save-copy

Expected output:

input-file1.svg
input-file2.svg
input-file3.svg
foo-input-file1.svg
foo-input-file2.svg
foo-input-file3.svg

--file-suffix

Specify a file name suffix for output files. Will rename output files unless --save-copy is also specified.

svg-bulk-outline --file-suffix="-outlined"

Expected output:

input-file1-outlined.svg
input-file2-outlined.svg
input-file3-outlined.svg

Run with --save-copy

svg-bulk-outline --file-suffix="-outlined" --save-copy

Expected output:

input-file1.svg
input-file2.svg
input-file3.svg
input-file1-outlined.svg
input-file2-outlined.svg
input-file3-outlined.svg

--pattern

Specify a custom file pattern to search for. Accepts any pattern compatible with Glob. If not specified, the default file pattern is **/*.svg.

svg-bulk-outline --pattern="static/**/*.svg"

--save-copy

Save a copy of the SVG instead of overwriting the input files. If you do not specify --file-prefix or --file-suffix the output file names will automatically be suffixed with -copy.

svg-bulk-outline --save-copy

Expected output:

input-file1-copy.svg
input-file2-copy.svg
input-file3-copy.svg