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Fonts do not travel inside a plain SVG file. Open one on a machine without the font and the viewer substitutes another, so your carefully set headline quietly reshapes itself. Converting text to outlines bakes each letterform into path geometry, so the lettering keeps its shape on machines that have never seen the font. Rayzia does it free in the browser, with nothing to install.

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Why convert SVG text to paths

An SVG file references fonts by name; it does not carry them. A plain SVG export does not carry the font with it, so anyone opening your file without that font sees a substitute, and the spacing and letterforms shift. Converting the text to outlines removes the dependency entirely: each glyph becomes ordinary path data, the same geometry as any drawn shape. Paths need no font lookup, so a renderer has nothing to substitute.

It matters off screen too. A typical cutting or engraving workflow reads path geometry rather than live text, so outlined lettering is what a vinyl cutter or laser expects to receive.

Until you convert, text in Rayzia stays real text. Every text object is a real SVG text element in the document, not a picture of text, so you can retype and restyle it right up to the moment you outline it.

How to convert SVG text to outlines

  1. Open the editor. Go to rayzia.com and open the editor at /vector/. Nothing to download and no account needed to start. It runs in any browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS or a tablet.
  2. Drag in your SVG, or type new text. Drop the file onto the canvas, or use File then Open. Rayzia reads it as native SVG, so every letter arrives as editable text rather than a locked image. Starting fresh? Press T, click where the text should start and type.
  3. Select the text. Press V for the Select tool and click the text object. If the file holds several, Shift+click toggles each one into the selection.
  4. Choose Text ▸ Create Outlines. Pick it from the Text menu, or press Shift+Ctrl+O. Each character is rewritten as fixed path geometry that no longer depends on any font being installed. Like every step in Rayzia, it is one undo away.
  5. Export your file. Choose Export and pick SVG to get a tidy vector file back, or PNG if you need a raster copy. Both are free.

The trade-off: outlines are no longer text

Outlined text is path geometry. You can move its nodes like any other path, but you cannot retype it or change its font the way you would with live text. So keep an editable copy before you convert. While you are working, the conversion is one undo away. For a longer-lived original, save the native .rzv document: it is lossless and it embeds the fonts you actually used, so the live-text version reopens as you left it. Convert the copy you are about to ship and keep the original for the next revision.

Text to outlines: common questions

Is converting text to outlines free in Rayzia?

Yes. Editing is free, and so is exporting SVG and PNG. The free plan includes every tool and the AI assistant, with 3 cloud files; Pro is $8 a month and adds extras such as PDF export and unlimited cloud files.

Why outline text at all?

Fonts do not embed in a plain SVG export, so any machine without your font substitutes a different one and the design shifts. Outlines are self-contained paths that no longer depend on any installed font. A typical cutter or plotter also works from paths rather than live text.

Can I still edit the text after converting?

No. Outlined characters are paths, so you can adjust their nodes but not retype them. The conversion is one undo away while you work, and saving a .rzv copy beforehand keeps a lossless original with live text and its fonts embedded.

Does it work with Google fonts and uploaded fonts?

Yes. You can load any Google font or upload your own in .ttf, .otf, .woff, .woff2 or .ttc, and the outlines keep that font's exact letterforms. Once converted, the file no longer needs the font installed anywhere.