Designed to be a simpler approach to SVG for "the majority of use cases" for deploying vector graphics in the wild.

Two dimensional cartesian grid for coordinates.

Encodes a palette of swatches which may be referenced later whenever a color is needed in the drawing.

Uses a simple binary encoding to hold all data and shapes.

Elements

Document

Outline: Draw the outside of a shape

Fill: Draw inside the shape

Polygon: A shape defined by its perimeter lines; each line is straight, details are made by having many short lines.

Rectangle

Path: A complex Turtle-like operator.

Line

Loop: A series of lines; with an implied line between the ending point to the original beginning point.

Strip: A series of lines; each point from the second draws a line to the previous point.

Fill styling: solid, linear, or radial gradient.

Paths

Lines, cubic and quadratic beziers, arcs, and end of path.