svg-patterns
Create SVG patterns programmatically to visualize data, to help color-blind people and because it looks nice.
This library is inspired by Textures.js but tries to do a few things differently:
svg-patterns
does not limit you in which frontend stack you use. It just returns virtual-dom nodes.- Because Textures.js includes D3, it weighs
216k + 8k
.svg-patterns
weighs19k
.
Installing
npm install svg-patterns
Usage
svg-patterns
exposes several styles, which you can customize by passing an object. The following list shows all styles, including their default options. You can fiddle with them on the website.
Getting Started
If you load a style via require('svg-patterns/p/style')
, the bundle will be smaller. But you can also load it via require('svg-patterns').style
.
const lines = require('svg-patterns/p/lines')
const stringify = require('virtual-dom-stringify')
const pattern = lines({
stroke: 'darkorange',
background: '#343434',
orientations: [45]
})
process.stdout.write(`
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>${stringify(pattern)}</defs>
<rect width="200" height="200" style="fill: ${pattern.url()}"/>
</svg>
`)
caps
style
const defaults = {
size: 9, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: .9,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
circles
style
const defaults = {
size: 15, // size of the pattern
radius: 3,
complement: true,
fill: '#545454', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: 0,
stroke: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
crosses
style
const defaults = {
size: 10, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: .8,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
hexagons
style
const defaults = {
size: 10, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: 1,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
lines
style
const defaults = {
size: 8, // size of the pattern
strokeWidth: .7,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null, // any SVG-compatible color
orientations: [45] // can be any combination of 0, 45, -45, 90
}
nylon
style
const defaults = {
size: 15, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: 1,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
rhombic
style
const defaults = {
size: 12, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: .9,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
rhombic3d
style
const defaults = {
size: 14, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: .6,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
squares
style
const defaults = {
size: 10, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: .9,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
waves
style
const defaults = {
size: 8, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: .8,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
woven
style
const defaults = {
size: 9, // size of the pattern
fill: 'none', // any SVG-compatible color
strokeWidth: 1,
stroke: '#343434', // any SVG-compatible color
background: null // any SVG-compatible color
}
See also
svg-world-map
– Render a world map with a pin at a specific location.svg-radar-chart
– A reusable radar chart in SVG.
Contributing
If you have a question or need support using svg-patterns
, please double-check your code and setup first. If you think you have found a bug or want to propose a feature, use the issues page.