Svg is not sharp but blurry

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For some reason, these SVG files look blurry and not 100% sharp in all browsers. These are svg files that are wrapped in elements that are scaled to pixels, in other words using px and not% - hence no browser bitmap errors.

Any idea why this is happening?

This is one of the SVG files;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 19.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
	 viewBox="0 0 361.5 192.5" style="enable-background:new 0 0 361.5 192.5;" xml:space="preserve">
<style type="text/css">
	.st0{fill:none;}
	.st1{fill:#FC5500;}
	.st2{fill:#FFFFFF;}
	.st3{fill:#FB5500;}
</style>
<g>
	<path class="st0" d="M-9.4-6.3c126,0,252,0,378,0c0,68.7,0,137.3,0,206c-126,0-252,0-378,0C-9.4,131-9.4,62.4-9.4-6.3z"/>
	<path class="st1" d="M-0.2,112.1c0-8,0-15.9,0-24.4c112.3,0,224.3,0,336.7,0c0-29.4,0-58.4,0-87.7c8.4,0,16.4,0,25,0
		c0,46.8,0,93.7,0,140.6c-2.4-0.3-2.5-2.5-3.2-4c-3.7-9-10.3-15-19.3-18.5c-15.2-6-31.2-6.7-47.2-5.5c-7.8,0.6-15.6,1.5-23.1,4.1
		c-24.8,8.7-33.9,38-18.3,59.2c5.8,7.8,14.5,10.9,23.4,13.4c2,0.6,4.9-0.1,5.6,3.1c-13.9,0-27.9,0-41.8,0
		c-8.1-5.7-14.1-13.6-21.4-20.2c-1.7-1.5-3.8-2.8-4.1-5.5c0.5-2.5,2.8-3.1,4.7-3.9c9.5-4.3,14.3-11.9,14.5-22.1
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		c-1.6,2.3-1.1,4.9-1.1,7.3c0,21.2,0,42.3,0,63.5c0,2.6,0.5,5.4-1.7,7.6c-32,0-64,0-96.1,0c-3.2-6.9-1.5-13.8-0.9-20.2
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		c-19.3-0.3-38.7,0.1-58-0.1C4.6,113.4,2,113.8-0.2,112.1z"/>
	<path class="st2" d="M120.6,192.5c0-26.6,0-53.3,0-80.7c29.5,1.5,58.7-2.6,87.6,2.2c13.5,2.2,24.2,9.5,24.9,25.1
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		c-5.5-0.1-10.9,0-16.4,0c-2,0-4-0.2-6,1c-1.5,3.5-0.5,7.4-0.8,11.1c-0.2,2.4,0.3,5-1.7,7.1C138,192.5,129.3,192.5,120.6,192.5z"/>
	<path class="st2" d="M203.8,0.7c-4.9,6.4-10,13.1-15.2,20c-18.4,0-36.7,0-55,0c-4.1,0-9-0.2-8.9,5.9c0,6.1,4.8,5.9,9,6
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		c5-6.5,10.1-13.2,15.3-20c19.3,0,38.4,0.1,57.6-0.1c4.4,0,11.3,1.9,11.3-5.3c0.1-7.7-7-5.4-11.6-5.5c-16.1-0.4-32.4,0.3-48.4-0.9
		c-13-1-21.7-8.1-21.9-22.5c-0.2-14.9,8.5-23.6,22-24.3C149.5-0.2,176.6,0.7,203.8,0.7z"/>
	<path class="st2" d="M279.5,192.5c-31.5-9.3-41.2-22.1-36.9-48.9c2.8-17.6,15-26,31-29.7c18.9-4.4,38-4.4,57-0.2
		c15.1,3.4,26.5,11.3,31,27c0,7.6,0,15.2,0,22.9c-2.8,16.5-15.6,27.1-34.6,28.6c-1,0.1-2-0.2-2.9,0.3
		C309.1,192.5,294.3,192.5,279.5,192.5z"/>
	<path class="st2" d="M77.2,20.7c-17.1,0-33.9,0-51.1,0c0,3.2,0,6.3,0,9.8c20.5,0,41.1,0,62.9,0c-5.3,6.7-9.8,12.4-14.4,18.2
		c-16.2,0-32.1,0-48.5,0c0,3.6,0,7,0,10.8c22,0,44.1,0,67.6,0c-5.9,7.7-11,14.5-16,21.1c-26,0-51.6,0-77.6,0C0,53.7,0,27,0,0
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	<path class="st2" d="M-0.2,112.1c25.3,0.1,50.6-0.4,75.9,0.7c20.2,0.9,32.8,13.2,32.7,29.5c-0.1,16.5-13.5,28.5-34.1,29.3
		c-16.3,0.6-32.6,0.1-49.7,0.1c0,7.4,0,14.1,0,20.9c-8.1,0-16.3,0-24.8,0C-0.2,165.6-0.2,138.8-0.2,112.1z"/>
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</g>
</svg>
      

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If you want your SVG to be as sharp as possible, design it so that its shapes, especially the horizontal and vertical parts, are at the pixel boundaries.

For example, compare the following two examples:

<svg width="50" height="50">
  <rect x="9.5" y="9.5" width="31" height="31"/>
</svg>

<svg width="50" height="50">
  <rect x="10" y="10" width="30" height="30"/>
</svg>
      

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This is how it looks at 4x magnification.enter image description here

Every time your shape goes through the middle of the pixels, you will end up with gray pixels due to the anti-aliasing that 2D renderers use.

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The answer used slightly modified code by @Paul LeBeau

You can use the SVG attribute - shape-render = "crispEdges" to disable browser anti-aliasing.

https://developer.mozilla.org/ru/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/shape-rendering

 

crispEdges

Indicates that the user agent should try to emphasize the contrast between the clean edges of the illustration in rendering speed and geometric accuracy. To achieve crisp edges, the user agent can turn off anti-aliasing for all lines and curves, or perhaps only for straight lines that are close to vertical or horizontal. Also, the user agent can adjust the line position and line width to align the edges with the pixel device.

<svg width="50" height="50">
  <rect x="9.5" y="9.5" width="31" height="31" shape-rendering="crispEdges"/>
</svg>

<svg width="50" height="50">
  <rect x="10" y="10" width="30" height="30"/>
</svg>
      

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The image is enlarged 4 times

enter image description here

There are no gray pixels.




  2019 update by comments

There is no universal 100% solution to the pixelation problem.
Since rendering depends on the installed operating system, its settings, video card and the browser used.

You can use a holistic approach made up of all the answers in this thread:

  1. Use integer svg

    image coordinate values ​​in @Paul LeBeau's answer

    If you are taking a stock image with fractional values, you can handle that with the SVG optimizer

  2. Set an integer value viewBox

    by @AKX answer

  3. Use the attribute shape-rendering ="crispEdges"

If design changes are possible, avoid contrasting border colors.

For example, use a dark gray instead of a black and white combination, or use grayscale instead of a pure white background.

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I tried SVG on the page and it doesn't look really blurry to me.

However, you can try resizing the window to an integer size - i.e. turn viewBox="0 0 361.5 192.5"

into viewBox="0 0 362 193"

- it can make a difference.

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