SVG to EMF Converter

Turn an SVG into an EMF (Enhanced Metafile): the vector picture format that Office documents accept as a picture, listed by Microsoft as “Windows Enhanced Metafile”. This converter writes the EMF from your SVG’s own shapes: rectangles, circles, paths and curves become EMF paths, holes stay holes, outlines keep their width, caps, corners and dashes, clip paths still clip, and text stays editable text. Nothing is turned into a bitmap, so the EMF stays sharp at any zoom and prints cleanly. The size is kept too: an SVG that is 50 mm wide gives an EMF 50 mm wide, or you can set the width in mm, cm or inches. Every EMF is read back record by record before you download it, and the preview next to your SVG is drawn from the EMF file itself, so what you see is what is in the file. Anything EMF cannot hold, such as gradients, see-through colours or blur filters, is listed in plain words. Convert one SVG or many into a ZIP. Nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.

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How to convert an SVG to EMF

1. Drop an SVG on the box, or several; paste SVG code, or click Try a sample.
2. Keep the SVG’s own size or set the width in mm, cm or inches; choose a see-through or coloured background.
3. Compare the EMF preview, drawn from the file, with your SVG and read the list of anything not carried over.
4. Download the EMF or a ZIP of all of them, then insert it as a picture in your document or slide.

What you can use it for

• Put a logo into a document or slide as a sharp vector picture
• Hand charts and diagrams to someone who needs EMF files
• Keep a vector icon set in EMF for a template
• Print an SVG drawing at an exact size from an Office document
• Convert a folder of SVG icons to EMF in one go
• Check what an SVG will lose before converting it

What is converted

In your SVG	In the EMF	Note
Rectangles, circles, ellipses, lines, polygons, paths	EMF paths	Curves stay curves
Shapes with holes (even-odd or non-zero fill)	Same fill rule	Holes stay holes
Outlines: width, round or square caps, corners, dashes	Geometric pens	Dash offset not kept
Groups, transforms, reused symbols	Worked out into the paths	Nothing to do
Clip paths	EMF clip paths	Nothing to do
Text	Editable text in a standard font	Outline it for exact lettering
Gradients	One average colour	Listed for your file
See-through colours, opacity	Mixed with white	Listed for your file
Filters (blur, shadow), masks, embedded pictures	Left out	Listed for your file

The EMF is written straight from the SVG’s shapes, then read back record by record: the record sizes, the record count and total size in the header, and the closing record are all checked before the download button turns on.

Size and units

Your SVG has	EMF size	Example
width and height in mm, cm or in	The same	50mm × 25mm gives 50 × 25 mm
width and height in px (or no unit)	96 px to the inch	240 × 160 px gives 63.5 × 42.33 mm
Only a viewBox	The viewBox at 96 px to the inch	viewBox 0 0 200 100 gives 52.92 × 26.46 mm
You set a width	That width; the height keeps the shape	100 mm wide from a 2:1 SVG gives 100 × 50 mm

An EMF header stores the picture’s frame in hundredths of a millimetre, and its drawing in logical units; here there are 1,200 units to the inch, so points land within about 0.02 mm of where the SVG puts them.

EMF, SVG or PNG in a document?

Format	Sharp when zoomed or printed	Transparency	Best for
EMF (made here)	Yes (vector)	See-through background; each shape one solid colour	Logos, diagrams, icons for documents
SVG	Yes (vector)	Yes	Programs and versions that accept SVG pictures
PNG	Only at its own size	Yes	Photos, effects, gradients

Choose EMF when someone asks for it, or when a vector picture has to work in older document software. Keep the SVG as your master file.

Tips

• Outline text in your vector editor first if the exact font matters.
• Flatten gradients and shadows to solid colours before converting if you want the EMF to look identical.
• Use Set the width to make a logo exactly the size it must print.
• Tidy SVGs from design programs first: hidden layers and unused definitions only add records.

Next steps: tidy the SVG with the SVG Optimizer or fix it in the SVG Editor. Need a different format? Use SVG to PDF for print, or SVG to PNG for a picture with transparency.

Sources

Sources: Microsoft Open Specifications: [MS-EMF] Header Object; Microsoft Support: Graphic file types that you can insert in Office documents; W3C Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2.

Frequently asked questions

Is this SVG to EMF converter free?

Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit on how many SVGs you convert. Everything runs in your browser, so your SVG never leaves your device.

Is the EMF really vector?

Yes. Shapes and curves are written as EMF path records (move, line and curve points, then fill or outline), never as a picture of the SVG. The line under the preview reads the file back and counts its paths and pictures; for a normal SVG it says no pictures: all vector.

Will the EMF be the right size?

Yes. The size comes from the SVG’s width and height (px, mm, cm, in or pt) or its viewBox, at 96 px to the inch, and is written into the EMF in hundredths of a millimetre. You can also set the width in mm, cm or inches; the height follows the shape.

What happens to transparency and gradients?

EMF paths have one solid colour each. A see-through colour is mixed with white, a gradient becomes its average colour, and blur or shadow filters are left out. The page lists each of these for your file, so nothing changes without you knowing.

Is text kept?

Yes, as editable text in a standard sans-serif, serif or monospaced font chosen from the SVG’s font name, at the same size and position. If the exact lettering matters, turn the text into outlines (paths) in your vector editor first. Rotated text is left out and listed.

How do I put the EMF into a document?

Use your program’s insert picture command and choose the .emf file. Microsoft lists Windows Enhanced Metafile among the graphic file types that can be inserted in Office documents.

Can I convert several SVGs at once?

Yes. Add up to 20 SVGs; each one becomes its own EMF with the same settings, and Download all gives you a ZIP.

What about WMF or EMF+?

This tool writes a plain EMF, the format with the widest support. WMF is the older 16-bit format and is not made here; EMF+ records are not used.

Is my SVG uploaded?

No. Reading the SVG, writing the EMF, drawing the preview and making the ZIP all happen in your browser.