Uploading text files as SVGs

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Hello everyone, 

I’m new to Zazzle and I’m just navigating my way around the site and trying to figure out the technicalities before posting my first listing. I have some fonts (with a license to use here on Zazzle) and I know that we need to upload them as SVG files and the text will be non-editable. When doing this I am exporting the SVG file from photoshop and then uploading it to Zazzle. The file is either blank or if I make the text layer into a shape in photoshop then export it, I do get an SVG file with text but it has small white parts where the letters join up. I have looked for some solutions but everyone seems to be using adobe illustrator…does anyone know if I can use photoshop to create an SVG file that works on Zazzle or is this something I will have to do in illustrator?

Thanks for your help

Liza

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@Liza  

By default, Photoshop will not open let you save (or export) files in SVG format. It will be able to open them though.
However, according to this article, you can enable saving of SVG files in Photoshop.
How To Save SVG Files In Photoshop – Brendan Williams Creative (bwillcreative.com)

Inkscape (which is a free alternative to Adobe Illustrator) can also be used to save vector illustrations in SVG format. How to Make an SVG File in Inkscape in Five Easy Steps! - Jennifer Maker

W.H.

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@WHS_Designs  

Thank you so much for your response and the links. For anyone else reading this…

The link with the photoshop tutorial - I was already creating SVGs in this way and although the file exported as an SVG, when I uploaded it to Zazzle it was blank.

I downloaded Inkscape, followed a couple of tutorials on you tube specifically relating to creating a text SVG and it worked!!

Thanks again W.H. your help was much appreciated.

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I will get some graphics and My OWN photos uploaded to Zazzle-NO copyrighted material this time!