SVG File..., Controlling output size and back-saving? Options

[Brock]

So I have a few A4 documents set up and the client wants them in SVG format – at 70kb each (5kb leeway either way), and he needs it to be backwards compatible with CS2 (I'm on CS5).

The only time I've ever exported to SVG was simple – export PDF from Indesign, whack into Illustrator, Save As SVG etc.

I do that with this job – file is 200% larger than he wants. On top of that, there seem to be no options to back-save it to be compatible with CS2 (you can back-save when saving an AI file but not SVG it seems?)

Is there some way I can do what he is asking? :/

(I work in print, SVG is used for web AFAIK so I don't really know a whole lot about it.)

[SledgY]

Not quite sure what you are trying to achieve, SVG is a vector graphic, so file size is related to the complexity of the image and not the dimensions. The image can technically be scaled to any size and will look good.

While SVG is used on he web, it's not a web specific format (gnome uses it for many icons).

[Brock]

Not quite sure what you are trying to achieve, SVG is a vector graphic, so file size is related to the complexity of the image and not the dimensions. The image can technically be scaled to any size and will look good.

While SVG is used on he web, it's not a web specific format (gnome uses it for many icons).

That's exactly what I told my client dude. And he's like "no I know you can change the DPI to around 200 and in the past this is how we've achieved 70kb files."

So then I got confused.

I will just tell him again that it can't be done with the complexity of the images in these A4s.

Heh, customers.