Step 1: Open the SVG
Drag the .svg onto app.svgsketch.com. If the file references external fonts, the editor offers to load them from Google Fonts (click "Load Resources" in the banner); if a font is not available, switch it from the Text panel before exporting so the PDF renders glyphs that exist.
Step 2: Set page size and orientation
Open the PDF settings from the Export panel and choose a page size (A4, Letter, Legal, or a custom size in millimeters), Portrait or Landscape orientation, and a margin. Enable "Fit content to page" to scale the artwork into the printable area automatically.
Step 3: Pick PDF as the export format
In the Export panel, switch the format dropdown to PDF (PDF export requires SVGSketch Pro). SVGSketch writes a vector PDF - paths stay as paths and gradients, opacity, and clip paths are preserved in the vector output rather than being rasterized.
Step 4: Decide on text-as-text vs text-as-paths
For exact typographic fidelity anywhere, select the text and run Shape > Convert to Path (Ctrl+Shift+O) before exporting - the glyphs become vector outlines that render identically without the font. Keep a copy of the editable document first.
Leave text as text when the document needs to stay searchable and selectable in the PDF viewer.
Step 5: Export and validate
Click Download. Open the resulting PDF and zoom to 800% - if the geometry stays crisp, you got a true vector export. If it pixelates, something in the source (an embedded raster image, an SVG <image> element) is responsible, not the export.