Can someone please explain why some SVGs look so different when opened in Inkscape?
I've used Inkscape for a while and I am able to open and edit pretty much any SVGs, but some appear with strange artefacts and I would like to know how to resolve this. Here's an example using the logo from this website.
When I view it in my browser or with an image viewer, it's completely normal like this:
However when I open it in Inkscape, it looks like this:
I am unable to work with this file in Inkscape and I cannot understand why. Any ideas? Checking the file with a text editor, it looks like a completely ordinary SVG.
<svg id="JER_LOGO_HZ_WT" data-name="JER LOGO_HZ_WT" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 882.26 283.46" height="283" width="882">
<defs>
<style>
.cls-1 {
fill: url("#linear-gradient");
}
.cls-2 {
fill: url("#linear-gradient-2");
}
.cls-3 {
fill: url("#linear-gradient-3");
}
.cls-4 {
fill: #fff;
}
</style>
<linearGradient id="linear-gradient" x1="54.57" y1="274.4" x2="166.2" y2="64.46" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#fff"/><stop offset="0.16" stop-color="#fff"/><stop offset="0.23" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.97"/><stop offset="0.34" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.9"/><stop offset="0.47" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.77"/><stop offset="0.61" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.6"/><stop offset="0.77" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.37"/><stop offset="0.94" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.11"/><stop offset="1" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0"/></linearGradient>
<linearGradient id="linear-gradient-2" x1="196.96" y1="136.17" x2="42.04" y2="108.85" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#fff"/><stop offset="0.38" stop-color="#fff"/><stop offset="1" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.2"/></linearGradient>
<linearGradient id="linear-gradient-3" x1="36.08" y1="24.27" x2="168.99" y2="24.27" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"><stop offset="0.11" stop-color="#fff"/><stop offset="0.18" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.96"/><stop offset="0.31" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.84"/><stop offset="0.49" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.64"/><stop offset="0.7" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.38"/><stop offset="0.93" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0.04"/><stop offset="0.96" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity="0"/></linearGradient>
</defs>
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