Now that you've dipped your toes in the water of SVG, it is time to take a deeper look at common SVG elements and their usage. This chapter will focus on the most common SVG elements and their usage, covering some that you've already learned about in more depth, and then introducing many other elements that you'll use in creating SVG images.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Basic SVG shapes
- The SVG positioning system
- Gradients and patterns
- Using SVG images generated from software programs, such as Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, and Sketch
