# Figma to Perspective SVG findings and best practices

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [May 24, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/figma-to-perspective-svg-findings-and-best-practices/47046 "2021-05-24T17:44:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/figma-to-perspective-svg-findings-and-best-practices/47046/3 "2021-05-24T18:33:07Z")

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I use Inkscape to create svg files and it can export svg text as plain text

see this thread for some discussion around inkscape

> [@Recommendations for svg editor](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/recommendations-for-svg-editor/29303/8):
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> I’ve been using “Optimized SVG” in Inkscape to preserve gradients, then use @heybales advice to resize and embed the image. [image] [image]

Or you could just create a simple svg text in notepad

> [@Text on Perspective elements doesn't shrink](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-on-perspective-elements-doesnt-shrink/35976/7):
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> Have you tried SVG text? Create a file on your computer called text.svg and edit with notepad. Add the follwing text to the file… \<svg height="20" width="80" viewBox="0 0 80 20" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"\> \<text x="0" y="15" fill="blue"\>SVG Text\</text\> \</svg\> Assuming your view is a coordinate container, drag the file from your computer and drop it on a view in ignition perspective designer. When the ‘Link Image’ windows pop…

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