> It’s not the question of being freeform, it’s the weird-ass single-letter command names in an attribute string. > In an XML document which is otherwise self-

> It’s not the question of being freeform, it’s the weird-ass single-letter command names in an attribute string. > In an XML document which is otherwise self-descripting. This is an odd plaint. M/m is for move, L/l is for line-to, C/c is for curve-to, V/v and H/h are for vertical and horizontal lines respectively, and svgo might throw some 's' curves in there. It's the best of both worlds, giving excellent compression while remaining human readable enough for a novice to manipulate geometry by just messing about.