Paths all the way through
Nothing is turned into pixels on the way. The PDF carries the same outlines the SVG had, so what you drew is what the file draws.
SVG to PDF converter
A print-ready PDF that keeps the paths, so it stays sharp on screen and on paper.
Swap: PDF to SVGWhy convert an SVG to a PDF?
Both formats describe shapes, but paper and printers still ask for a PDF.
Sharp on screen and on paper
Zoom to 800% or print a metre wide: the edges stay clean, because there is no fixed grid of pixels to run out of. One file covers a business card and a shop sign.
The format print shops expect
A print shop, a sign maker, an office printer queue and most online upload forms take a PDF without asking questions. An SVG often has to be converted first — this is that step.
Page size, orientation and margins
Two ways to place the artwork, and only the choices that matter for a single page.
Fit the artwork
The page becomes exactly the size of the drawing. It is the setting for a sticker, a label, a decal or anything that gets cut around the shape.
A4 or US Letter
The artwork is scaled down — or up, since vectors survive it — to fit inside the printable area, keeps its proportions, and sits centred on the page with a 10 mm margin.
Orientation and margin
Automatic turns the page to follow the artwork: wider than tall means landscape. Set the margin in millimetres when a printer needs more room around the edge.
Some files are refused, on purpose
A PDF that quietly loses half the artwork is worse than no PDF at all.
Artwork built with filters (blurs, drop shadows, glows), masks or blend effects cannot be reproduced exactly in a PDF, so the converter stops and says so instead of handing you a file that looks different from the SVG. HTML embedded inside an SVG is refused for the same reason.
For those documents the honest route is a high-resolution PNG: the page renders at whatever pixel width you ask for, so a 300 dpi export still prints well. Use SVG to PNG with a width of 4000 px or more, and flatten the effect first if your editor can.
How it works
Three steps, no account and nothing to install.
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Add your SVG
Drop the file onto the box, click it to browse, or paste straight from the clipboard with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac). Files up to 25 MB are fine.
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Choose the page
Fit the artwork for a page that hugs the drawing, or pick A4 or US Letter to place it on paper. Set the orientation if you want to override the automatic one, and a margin in millimetres when the printer needs it.
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Download the PDF
The file arrives as a single page, with its vectors intact. Open it to check the size, then send it to the printer or the print shop as it is.
Three tips before you convert
Small details in the SVG decide whether the PDF arrives the right size and the right shape.
Give the SVG a real size
With "Fit the artwork" the page takes the width and height written in the file. If the SVG only has a viewBox, set a width and height in your editor first — for example 100 mm — so the PDF comes out at exactly the size you meant.
Leave a margin for the printer
Almost no printer can put ink right up to the paper edge. On A4 or US Letter keep at least 5–10 mm of margin, and more if the sheet will be trimmed or punched afterwards.
Convert text to outlines
Text is drawn with the fonts the server has, so an unusual typeface may be replaced by a lookalike. Turn the text into paths in your editor before converting and the letters come out exactly as designed.
Frequently asked questions
Is this converter free?
Yes. Converting is free and unlimited in practice: there is no account, no trial, no credit card and no watermark on the PDF you download. Only a short rate limit applies so one visitor cannot occupy the server for everyone else.
Does the PDF stay vector, or does it contain an image?
It stays vector. The shapes are written as paths, so you can zoom in as far as you like or print the page at poster size and the edges remain crisp. Nothing is rasterised along the way, and the file usually weighs only a few kilobytes more than the SVG.
Which page sizes and margins can I choose?
Three page modes: fit the artwork, so the page is exactly the size of the drawing; A4; and US Letter. Paper modes scale the artwork to the printable area, keep its proportions and centre it with a 10 mm margin, which you can change to any value in millimetres. Orientation is automatic by default, portrait or landscape if you prefer to decide yourself.
My SVG was refused. Why?
Because it uses a filter (a blur, a drop shadow, a glow), a mask or a blend effect, which cannot be reproduced exactly on a page. Converting it anyway would give you a PDF that looks different from the original, so the converter refuses instead. For those files a high-resolution PNG is the honest answer: set a width of 4000 px or more on the SVG to PNG page and the detail survives in print.
What happens to my files?
Files are processed on our server and not stored. The upload is converted as it arrives and only the resulting PDF is sent back to your browser, so nothing is kept afterwards and no account is tied to the conversion.