This is an example SVG image, to which I need to change background colour, from the current white to transparent (or black).
So far I could only change the foreground colour.
<svg xmlns:sketch="http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/ns" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" viewBox="5 5 90 90" version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" id="svg14" sodipodi:docname="icon_link.svg" inkscape:version="0.92.1 r15371">
<metadata
id="metadata20">
<rdf:RDF>
<cc:Work
rdf:about="">
<dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
<dc:type
rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
</cc:Work>
</rdf:RDF>
</metadata>
<defs
id="defs18" />
<sodipodi:namedview
pagecolor="#ffffff"
bordercolor="#666666"
borderopacity="1"
objecttolerance="10"
gridtolerance="10"
guidetolerance="10"
inkscape:pageopacity="0"
inkscape:pageshadow="2"
inkscape:window-width="787"
inkscape:window-height="620"
id="namedview16"
showgrid="false"
inkscape:zoom="1.888"
inkscape:cx="50"
inkscape:cy="62.5"
inkscape:window-x="262"
inkscape:window-y="18"
inkscape:window-maximized="0"
inkscape:current-layer="svg14" />
<title
id="title2">1</title>
<desc
id="desc4">Created with Sketch.</desc>
<g
stroke="none"
stroke-width="1"
fill="none"
fill-rule="evenodd"
sketch:type="MSPage"
id="g8"
style="fill:#ff0000">
<path
d="M72.6749171,46.3009857 L27.3261728,46.3009857 L27.3261728,53.9297668 L72.6749171,53.9297668 L72.6749171,46.3009857 Z M84.6466542,29 L63.3361992,29 C57.6266014,29 52.9828534,33.6448379 52.9828534,39.3533458 L52.9828534,41.9416822 L60.6116345,41.9416822 L60.6116345,39.3533458 C60.6116345,37.8504759 61.8333293,36.6287811 63.3361992,36.6287811 L84.6466542,36.6287811 C86.1495241,36.6287811 87.3712189,37.8504759 87.3712189,39.3533458 L87.3712189,60.8774067 C87.3712189,62.3802766 86.1495241,63.6019714 84.6466542,63.6019714 L63.3361992,63.6019714 C61.8333293,63.6019714 60.6116345,62.3802766 60.6116345,60.8774067 L60.6116345,58.2890703 L52.9828534,58.2890703 L52.9828534,60.8774067 C52.9828534,66.5859146 57.6266014,71.2307525 63.3361992,71.2307525 L84.6466542,71.2307525 C90.3551621,71.2307525 95,66.5859146 95,60.8774067 L95,39.3533458 C95,33.6448379 90.3551621,29 84.6466542,29 L84.6466542,29 Z M39.3894553,58.2890703 L47.0182364,58.2890703 L47.0182364,60.8774067 C47.0182364,66.5859146 42.3733986,71.2307525 36.6648907,71.2307525 L15.3533458,71.2307525 C9.64483786,71.2307525 5,66.5859146 5,60.8774067 L5,39.3533458 C5,33.6448379 9.64483786,29 15.3533458,29 L36.6648907,29 C42.3733986,29 47.0182364,33.6448379 47.0182364,39.3533458 L47.0182364,41.9416822 L39.3894553,41.9416822 L39.3894553,39.3533458 C39.3894553,37.8504759 38.1677605,36.6287811 36.6648907,36.6287811 L15.3533458,36.6287811 C13.8504759,36.6287811 12.6287811,37.8504759 12.6287811,39.3533458 L12.6287811,60.8774067 C12.6287811,62.3802766 13.8504759,63.6019714 15.3533458,63.6019714 L36.6648907,63.6019714 C38.1677605,63.6019714 39.3894553,62.3802766 39.3894553,60.8774067 L39.3894553,58.2890703 Z"
fill="none"
sketch:type="MSShapeGroup"
id="path6"
style="fill:#ffff00"
/>
</g>
</svg>
tried to modify pagecolor without success.
How can I do it, possibly without using CSS?
Inkscape tends to generate grossly bloated files. Here's a cleaned-up version for you:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 90 90">
<defs>
<mask id="chain">
<rect x="4" y="28" width="34" height="34" fill="black" stroke="white" stroke-width="7" rx="7" />
<rect x="52" y="28" width="34" height="34" fill="black" stroke="white" stroke-width="7" rx="7" />
<rect x="21" y="39" width="48" height="12" fill="white" stroke="black" stroke-width="4" />
</mask>
</defs>
<!-- Uncomment this for manual background -->
<!--rect fill="#000" width="90" height="90" /-->
<rect fill="#ff0" width="90" height="90" mask="url(#chain)" />
</svg>
You'll notice that not only is this significantly smaller than your file, it's also easier to see what's going on: I'm using two rounded-corner squares, and a rectangle for the link, using a mask to clip out the shape. Then, flood-fill with your colour using the shape as a mask to get the result.
This has no background colour defined. If used as an image file, it will by transparent to reveal any background behind it. Or you can uncomment the indicated line to enforce a background on the icon.
Try this
add style="background-color: #000;" inline to <svg>
Check demo here
Related
This is the code of the svg I am using in scss as a cursor. It is a crosshair of vertical and horizontal lines, and they are currently opaque and barely visible. I need to get them to black with no opacity, but nothing I have changed in the code works. I am working in ReactJS using SASS css: cursor: url(crosshairs.svg), auto;.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) EDIT: was height: 3301, width:2161 reduced to x128 else it wont show up-->
<svg
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
width="128"
height="128"
viewBox="0 0 873.389 571.765"
version="1.1"
id="svg8"
inkscape:version="0.92.3 (unknown)"
sodipodi:docname="fullscreen-crosshair-1650x1080.svg">
<defs
id="defs2" />
<sodipodi:namedview
id="base"
pagecolor="#ffffff"
bordercolor="#666666"
borderopacity="1.0"
inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
inkscape:pageshadow="2"
inkscape:zoom="0.25"
inkscape:cx="1437.71"
inkscape:cy="1122.57"
inkscape:document-units="mm"
inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
showgrid="false"
units="px"
inkscape:window-width="1680"
inkscape:window-height="1016"
inkscape:window-x="0"
inkscape:window-y="0"
inkscape:window-maximized="1" />
<metadata
id="metadata5">
<rdf:RDF>
<cc:Work
rdf:about="">
<dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
<dc:type
rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
<dc:title></dc:title>
</cc:Work>
</rdf:RDF>
</metadata>
<g
inkscape:label="Layer 1"
inkscape:groupmode="layer"
id="layer1"
transform="translate(0,274.765)">
<path
style="fill:none;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:0.793751;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1"
d="M 436.694,-322.259 V 344.493"
id="path10"
inkscape:connector-curvature="0" />
<path
style="fill:none;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:0.793751;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none"
d="M -58.6065,11.1175 H 931.996"
id="path12"
inkscape:connector-curvature="0" />
</g>
</svg>
Increase the stroke-width of the paths. stroke-width:10 seems pretty opaque to me for instance.
I want to color the background of svg text similar to background-color in css
I was only able to find documentation on fill, which colors the text itself
Is it even possible?
You could use a filter to generate the background.
<svg width="100%" height="100%">
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="yellow" result="bg" />
<feMerge>
<feMergeNode in="bg"/>
<feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic"/>
</feMerge>
</filter>
</defs>
<text filter="url(#solid)" x="20" y="50" font-size="50">solid background</text>
</svg>
No this is not possible, SVG elements do not have background-... presentation attributes.
To simulate this effect you could draw a rectangle behind the text attribute with fill="green" or something similar (filters). Using JavaScript you could do the following:
var ctx = document.getElementById("the-svg"),
textElm = ctx.getElementById("the-text"),
SVGRect = textElm.getBBox();
var rect = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "rect");
rect.setAttribute("x", SVGRect.x);
rect.setAttribute("y", SVGRect.y);
rect.setAttribute("width", SVGRect.width);
rect.setAttribute("height", SVGRect.height);
rect.setAttribute("fill", "yellow");
ctx.insertBefore(rect, textElm);
The solution I have used is:
<svg>
<line x1="100" y1="100" x2="500" y2="100" style="stroke:black; stroke-width: 2"/>
<text x="150" y="105" style="stroke:white; stroke-width:0.6em">Hello World!</text>
<text x="150" y="105" style="fill:black">Hello World!</text>
</svg>
A duplicate text item is being placed, with stroke and stroke-width attributes. The stroke should match the background colour, and the stroke-width should be just big enough to create a "splodge" on which to write the actual text.
A bit of a hack and there are potential issues, but works for me!
Instead of using a <text> tag, the <foreignObject> tag can be used, which allows for XHTML content with CSS.
No, you can not add background color to SVG elements. You can do it programmatically with d3.
var text = d3.select("text");
var bbox = text.node().getBBox();
var padding = 2;
var rect = self.svg.insert("rect", "text")
.attr("x", bbox.x - padding)
.attr("y", bbox.y - padding)
.attr("width", bbox.width + (padding*2))
.attr("height", bbox.height + (padding*2))
.style("fill", "red");
Answer by Robert Longson (#RobertLongson) with modifications:
<svg width="100%" height="100%">
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="yellow"/>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="xor"/>
</filter>
</defs>
<text filter="url(#solid)" x="20" y="50" font-size="50"> solid background </text>
<text x="20" y="50" font-size="50">solid background</text>
</svg>
and we have no bluring and no heavy "getBBox" :)
Padding is provided by white spaces in text-element with filter.
It's worked for me
Going further with #dbarton_uk answer, to avoid duplicating text you can use paint-order=stroke style:
<svg>
<line x1="100" y1="100" x2="350" y2="100" style="stroke:grey; stroke-width: 100"/>
<text x="150" y="105" style="stroke:white; stroke-width:0.5em; fill:black; paint-order:stroke; stroke-linejoin:round">Hello World!</text>
</svg>
Note the stroke-linejoin:round which is needed to avoid seeing spikes for the W sharp angle.
You can combine filter with the text.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>SVG colored patterns via mask</title>
</head>
<body>
<svg viewBox="0 0 300 300" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="bg-text">
<feFlood flood-color="white"/>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="xor" />
</filter>
</defs>
<!-- something has already existed -->
<rect fill="red" x="150" y="20" width="100" height="50" />
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" fill="blue"/>
<!-- Text render here -->
<text filter="url(#bg-text)" fill="black" x="20" y="50" font-size="30">text with color</text>
<text fill="black" x="20" y="50" font-size="30">text with color</text>
</svg>
</body>
</html>
this is my favorite hack (not sure it should work). It refer an element that is not yet displayed, and it works pretty well
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 620 40" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet">
<defs>
<filter x="-0.02" y="0" width="1.04" height="1.1" id="removebackground">
<feFlood flood-color="#00ffff"/>
</filter>
</defs>
<!--Draw the text-->
<use xlink:href="#mygroup" filter="url(#removebackground)" />
<g id="mygroup">
<text id="text1" x="9" y="20" style="text-anchor:start;font-size:14px;">custom text with background</text>
<line x1="200" y1="18" x2="200" y2="36" stroke="#000" stroke-width="5"/>
<line x1="120" y1="27" x2="203" y2="27" stroke="#000" stroke-width="5"/>
</g>
</svg>
For those wondering how to apply padding to a text element when it has a background like in the Robert's answer, do the following:
<svg>
<defs>
<filter x="-0.1" y="-0.1" width="1.2" height="1.2" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="#171717"/>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="xor" />
</filter>
</defs>
<text filter="url(#solid)" x="20" y="50" font-size="50">Hello</text>
</svg>
In the example above, filter's x and y positions can be used as transform: translate(-10%, -10%) would, and width and height values can be read as 120% and 120%. So we made background 20% bigger, and offsetted it -10%, so background is now 10% bigger on each side of the text.
The previous answers relied on doubling up text and lacked sufficient whitespace.
By using atop and I was able to get the results I wanted.
This example also includes arrows, a common use case for SVG text labels:
<svg viewBox="-105 -40 210 234">
<title>Size Guide</title>
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="white"></feFlood>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="atop"></feComposite>
</filter>
<marker id="arrow" viewBox="0 0 10 10" refX="5" refY="5" markerWidth="6" markerHeight="6" orient="auto-start-reverse">
<path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z"></path>
</marker>
</defs>
<g id="garment">
<path id="right-body" fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M0 0 l30 0 l0 154 l-30 0"></path>
<path id="right-sleeve" d="M30 0 l35 0 l0 120 l-35 0" fill="none" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></path>
<use id="left-body" href="#right-body" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
<use id="left-sleeve" href="#right-sleeve" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
<path id="collar-right-top" fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M0 -6.5 l11.75 0 l6.5 6.5"></path>
<use id="collar-left-top" href="#collar-right-top" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
<path id="collar-left" fill="white" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M-11.75 -6.5 l-6.5 6.5 l30 77 l6.5 -6.5 Z"></path>
<path id="front-right" fill="white" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" d="M18.25 0 L30 0 l0 154 l-41.75 0 l0 -77 Z"></path>
<line x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="154" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-dasharray="1 3"></line>
<use id="collar-right" href="#collar-left" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
</g>
<g id="dimension-labels">
<g id="dimension-sleeve-length">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="85" y1="0" x2="85" y2="120" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="85" y="60" class="dimension" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle"> 120 cm</text>
</g>
<g id="dimension-length">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="-85" y1="0" x2="-85" y2="154" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="-85" y="77" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle" class="dimension"> 154 cm</text>
</g>
<g id="dimension-sleeve-to-sleeve">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="-65" y1="-20" x2="65" y2="-20" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="0" y="-20" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle" class="dimension"> 130 cm </text>
</g>
<g title="Back Width" id="dimension-back-width">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="-30" y1="174" x2="30" y2="174" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="0" y="174" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle" class="dimension"> 60 cm </text>
</g>
</g>
</svg>
An obvious workaround to the problem of the blur produced by the filter effect is to render the <text> two times: once for the background (with transparent characters) and once for the characters (without a background filter).
For me, this was the only way to make the text readable in Safari.
<svg width="100%" height="100%">
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="yellow" />
</filter>
<g transform="translate(20, 50)" font-size="50">
<text aria-hidden="true" fill="none" filter="url(#solid)">solid background</text>
<text fill="blue">solid background</text>
</g>
</svg>
The aria-hidden="true" attribute is there to prevent screen readers from speaking the text twice, if the user uses a screen reader.
You can add style to your text:
style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 2px 0px,
rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 2px 0px;"
White, in this example.
Does not work in IE :)
I have a SVG that is well presented in Firefox and Chrome, but in Edge the text doesn't center vertically.
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64">
<rect fill="#ff0000" x="0" y="0" width="64" height="64" rx="8" ry="8" />
<text font-size="32px" alignment-baseline="middle" dominant-baseline="center" fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textLength="85%" x="32" y="32">
dev
</text>
</svg>
This is what it looks like when its well presented:
And this is how Edge is presenting it:
This is what you can do: You keep alignment-baseline="baseline". This works correctly on Edge. Then you offset the text on y with dy = font-size/4
Also I've removed lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textLength="85%"from your code since this was offseting the text to the right in Edge.
svg{width:90vh;}
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64">
<rect fill="#ff0000" x="0" y="0" width="64" height="64" rx="8" ry="8" />
<text font-size="32px" dy="8" dominant-baseline="baseline" text-anchor="middle" fill="#fff" x="32" y="32">dev</text>
</svg>
For the most reliable cross-browser behaviour, you should consider not using the x-baseline attributes at all. Instead, position the text baseline exactly where you want it.
For example:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64">
<rect fill="#ff0000" x="0" y="0" width="64" height="64" rx="8" ry="8" />
<text font-size="32px" fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textLength="85%" x="32" y="39">
dev
</text>
</svg>
The SVG path usually looks like a solid line:
Is it possible to implement a hand-drawing (crayon) style for SVG path?
You can try something like this using svg's filter
<svg width="1000" height="500">
<defs>
<filter id="filter" height="2" width="2">
<feTurbulence baseFrequency="0.2" numOctaves="3" type="fractalNoise" />
<feDisplacementMap scale="80" xChannelSelector="R" in="SourceGraphic" />
</filter>
</defs>
<path d="m 100 100 l 200 10" stroke="black" stroke-width="20" style="filter:url(#filter)"/>
If you don't want the edges clipped and want a more solid stroke, then you can tweak Akshay's settings by setting filterUnits in userSpace and reducing the displacement scale like so:
<svg width="1000" height="500">
<defs>
<filter id="filter" filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="-5" y="-5" height="200" width="2000">
<feTurbulence baseFrequency="0.2" numOctaves="3" type="fractalNoise" />
<feDisplacementMap scale="8" xChannelSelector="R" in="SourceGraphic" />
</filter>
</defs>
<path d="m 100 100 l 200 10" stroke="black" stroke-width="20" style="filter:url(#filter)"/>
I want to color the background of svg text similar to background-color in css
I was only able to find documentation on fill, which colors the text itself
Is it even possible?
You could use a filter to generate the background.
<svg width="100%" height="100%">
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="yellow" result="bg" />
<feMerge>
<feMergeNode in="bg"/>
<feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic"/>
</feMerge>
</filter>
</defs>
<text filter="url(#solid)" x="20" y="50" font-size="50">solid background</text>
</svg>
No this is not possible, SVG elements do not have background-... presentation attributes.
To simulate this effect you could draw a rectangle behind the text attribute with fill="green" or something similar (filters). Using JavaScript you could do the following:
var ctx = document.getElementById("the-svg"),
textElm = ctx.getElementById("the-text"),
SVGRect = textElm.getBBox();
var rect = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "rect");
rect.setAttribute("x", SVGRect.x);
rect.setAttribute("y", SVGRect.y);
rect.setAttribute("width", SVGRect.width);
rect.setAttribute("height", SVGRect.height);
rect.setAttribute("fill", "yellow");
ctx.insertBefore(rect, textElm);
The solution I have used is:
<svg>
<line x1="100" y1="100" x2="500" y2="100" style="stroke:black; stroke-width: 2"/>
<text x="150" y="105" style="stroke:white; stroke-width:0.6em">Hello World!</text>
<text x="150" y="105" style="fill:black">Hello World!</text>
</svg>
A duplicate text item is being placed, with stroke and stroke-width attributes. The stroke should match the background colour, and the stroke-width should be just big enough to create a "splodge" on which to write the actual text.
A bit of a hack and there are potential issues, but works for me!
Instead of using a <text> tag, the <foreignObject> tag can be used, which allows for XHTML content with CSS.
No, you can not add background color to SVG elements. You can do it programmatically with d3.
var text = d3.select("text");
var bbox = text.node().getBBox();
var padding = 2;
var rect = self.svg.insert("rect", "text")
.attr("x", bbox.x - padding)
.attr("y", bbox.y - padding)
.attr("width", bbox.width + (padding*2))
.attr("height", bbox.height + (padding*2))
.style("fill", "red");
Answer by Robert Longson (#RobertLongson) with modifications:
<svg width="100%" height="100%">
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="yellow"/>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="xor"/>
</filter>
</defs>
<text filter="url(#solid)" x="20" y="50" font-size="50"> solid background </text>
<text x="20" y="50" font-size="50">solid background</text>
</svg>
and we have no bluring and no heavy "getBBox" :)
Padding is provided by white spaces in text-element with filter.
It's worked for me
Going further with #dbarton_uk answer, to avoid duplicating text you can use paint-order=stroke style:
<svg>
<line x1="100" y1="100" x2="350" y2="100" style="stroke:grey; stroke-width: 100"/>
<text x="150" y="105" style="stroke:white; stroke-width:0.5em; fill:black; paint-order:stroke; stroke-linejoin:round">Hello World!</text>
</svg>
Note the stroke-linejoin:round which is needed to avoid seeing spikes for the W sharp angle.
You can combine filter with the text.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>SVG colored patterns via mask</title>
</head>
<body>
<svg viewBox="0 0 300 300" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="bg-text">
<feFlood flood-color="white"/>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="xor" />
</filter>
</defs>
<!-- something has already existed -->
<rect fill="red" x="150" y="20" width="100" height="50" />
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" fill="blue"/>
<!-- Text render here -->
<text filter="url(#bg-text)" fill="black" x="20" y="50" font-size="30">text with color</text>
<text fill="black" x="20" y="50" font-size="30">text with color</text>
</svg>
</body>
</html>
this is my favorite hack (not sure it should work). It refer an element that is not yet displayed, and it works pretty well
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 620 40" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet">
<defs>
<filter x="-0.02" y="0" width="1.04" height="1.1" id="removebackground">
<feFlood flood-color="#00ffff"/>
</filter>
</defs>
<!--Draw the text-->
<use xlink:href="#mygroup" filter="url(#removebackground)" />
<g id="mygroup">
<text id="text1" x="9" y="20" style="text-anchor:start;font-size:14px;">custom text with background</text>
<line x1="200" y1="18" x2="200" y2="36" stroke="#000" stroke-width="5"/>
<line x1="120" y1="27" x2="203" y2="27" stroke="#000" stroke-width="5"/>
</g>
</svg>
For those wondering how to apply padding to a text element when it has a background like in the Robert's answer, do the following:
<svg>
<defs>
<filter x="-0.1" y="-0.1" width="1.2" height="1.2" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="#171717"/>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="xor" />
</filter>
</defs>
<text filter="url(#solid)" x="20" y="50" font-size="50">Hello</text>
</svg>
In the example above, filter's x and y positions can be used as transform: translate(-10%, -10%) would, and width and height values can be read as 120% and 120%. So we made background 20% bigger, and offsetted it -10%, so background is now 10% bigger on each side of the text.
The previous answers relied on doubling up text and lacked sufficient whitespace.
By using atop and I was able to get the results I wanted.
This example also includes arrows, a common use case for SVG text labels:
<svg viewBox="-105 -40 210 234">
<title>Size Guide</title>
<defs>
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="white"></feFlood>
<feComposite in="SourceGraphic" operator="atop"></feComposite>
</filter>
<marker id="arrow" viewBox="0 0 10 10" refX="5" refY="5" markerWidth="6" markerHeight="6" orient="auto-start-reverse">
<path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z"></path>
</marker>
</defs>
<g id="garment">
<path id="right-body" fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M0 0 l30 0 l0 154 l-30 0"></path>
<path id="right-sleeve" d="M30 0 l35 0 l0 120 l-35 0" fill="none" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></path>
<use id="left-body" href="#right-body" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
<use id="left-sleeve" href="#right-sleeve" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
<path id="collar-right-top" fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M0 -6.5 l11.75 0 l6.5 6.5"></path>
<use id="collar-left-top" href="#collar-right-top" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
<path id="collar-left" fill="white" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M-11.75 -6.5 l-6.5 6.5 l30 77 l6.5 -6.5 Z"></path>
<path id="front-right" fill="white" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" d="M18.25 0 L30 0 l0 154 l-41.75 0 l0 -77 Z"></path>
<line x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="154" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" stroke-dasharray="1 3"></line>
<use id="collar-right" href="#collar-left" transform="scale(-1,1)"></use>
</g>
<g id="dimension-labels">
<g id="dimension-sleeve-length">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="85" y1="0" x2="85" y2="120" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="85" y="60" class="dimension" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle"> 120 cm</text>
</g>
<g id="dimension-length">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="-85" y1="0" x2="-85" y2="154" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="-85" y="77" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle" class="dimension"> 154 cm</text>
</g>
<g id="dimension-sleeve-to-sleeve">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="-65" y1="-20" x2="65" y2="-20" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="0" y="-20" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle" class="dimension"> 130 cm </text>
</g>
<g title="Back Width" id="dimension-back-width">
<line marker-start="url(#arrow)" marker-end="url(#arrow)" x1="-30" y1="174" x2="30" y2="174" stroke="black" stroke-width="1"></line>
<text font-size="10" filter="url(#solid)" fill="black" x="0" y="174" text-anchor="middle" dominant-baseline="middle" class="dimension"> 60 cm </text>
</g>
</g>
</svg>
An obvious workaround to the problem of the blur produced by the filter effect is to render the <text> two times: once for the background (with transparent characters) and once for the characters (without a background filter).
For me, this was the only way to make the text readable in Safari.
<svg width="100%" height="100%">
<filter x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" id="solid">
<feFlood flood-color="yellow" />
</filter>
<g transform="translate(20, 50)" font-size="50">
<text aria-hidden="true" fill="none" filter="url(#solid)">solid background</text>
<text fill="blue">solid background</text>
</g>
</svg>
The aria-hidden="true" attribute is there to prevent screen readers from speaking the text twice, if the user uses a screen reader.
You can add style to your text:
style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 2px 0px,
rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 2px 0px;"
White, in this example.
Does not work in IE :)