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There are some compression options available that will offer varying degrees of success. To test them, I created an artwork file that solely had lots of repeated text. Un-expanded, the file size is 13.8 KB. Expanded, the file size is 1.42 MB.

Good option: Use SVGZ - 46.5 KB

Saving the expanded artwork as SVGZ gave me an output file of 46.5 KB which is significantly smaller than the standard SVG. Take note though that support may varysupport may vary.

Better Option: Compress with Scour - 21.1 KB

Scour is a tool that will scrub and optimize your SVG file for you. Using the "maximum compression" command of scour -i input.svg -o output.svgz --enable-viewboxing --enable-id-stripping --enable-comment-stripping --shorten-ids --indent=none, the expanded artwork was reduced to 21.1 KB. Not far off from the original un-expanded file size!

There are some compression options available that will offer varying degrees of success. To test them, I created an artwork file that solely had lots of repeated text. Un-expanded, the file size is 13.8 KB. Expanded, the file size is 1.42 MB.

Good option: Use SVGZ - 46.5 KB

Saving the expanded artwork as SVGZ gave me an output file of 46.5 KB which is significantly smaller than the standard SVG. Take note though that support may vary.

Better Option: Compress with Scour - 21.1 KB

Scour is a tool that will scrub and optimize your SVG file for you. Using the "maximum compression" command of scour -i input.svg -o output.svgz --enable-viewboxing --enable-id-stripping --enable-comment-stripping --shorten-ids --indent=none, the expanded artwork was reduced to 21.1 KB. Not far off from the original un-expanded file size!

There are some compression options available that will offer varying degrees of success. To test them, I created an artwork file that solely had lots of repeated text. Un-expanded, the file size is 13.8 KB. Expanded, the file size is 1.42 MB.

Good option: Use SVGZ - 46.5 KB

Saving the expanded artwork as SVGZ gave me an output file of 46.5 KB which is significantly smaller than the standard SVG. Take note though that support may vary.

Better Option: Compress with Scour - 21.1 KB

Scour is a tool that will scrub and optimize your SVG file for you. Using the "maximum compression" command of scour -i input.svg -o output.svgz --enable-viewboxing --enable-id-stripping --enable-comment-stripping --shorten-ids --indent=none, the expanded artwork was reduced to 21.1 KB. Not far off from the original un-expanded file size!

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There are some compression options available that will offer varying degrees of success. To test them, I created an artwork file that solely had lots of repeated text. Un-expanded, the file size is 13.8 KB. Expanded, the file size is 1.42 MB.

Good option: Use SVGZ - 46.5 KB

Saving the expanded artwork as SVGZ gave me an output file of 46.5 KB which is significantly smaller than the standard SVG. Take note though that support may vary.

Better Option: Compress with Scour - 21.1 KB

Scour is a tool that will scrub and optimize your SVG file for you. Using the "maximum compression" command of scour -i input.svg -o output.svgz --enable-viewboxing --enable-id-stripping --enable-comment-stripping --shorten-ids --indent=none, the expanded artwork was reduced to 21.1 KB. Not far off from the original un-expanded file size!