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How to use sharp SVG Icons in Mozilla Firefox

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FF_Rebecca
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I'm currently developing a website and when I use a <svg> in order to display an icon, it looks perfectly crisp and sharp in Google Chrome. However, as soon as I open the svg in Firefox, the icon looks blurry.

It seems like Firefox renders this to a grid of half pixels. Please check the attached image for an example.

What is the best approach to get crisp svg icons in all browsers - including firefox? (On this website, we want to color the icons via the css attribute fill:... so using a background-image or pixel graphics are no options)

What I have tried so far: I have applied the CSS attribute shape-rendering. but this one is too crisp and edgy.

You can also check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35579705/how-to-make-svgs-sharp-in-firefox-and-internet-explorer in order to see a code snippet + the attached image

I'm currently developing a website and when I use a <svg> in order to display an icon, it looks perfectly crisp and sharp in Google Chrome. However, as soon as I open the svg in Firefox, the icon looks blurry. It seems like Firefox renders this to a grid of half pixels. Please check the attached image for an example. What is the best approach to get crisp svg icons in all browsers - including firefox? (On this website, we want to color the icons via the css attribute fill:... so using a background-image or pixel graphics are no options) What I have tried so far: I have applied the CSS attribute shape-rendering. but this one is too crisp and edgy. You can also check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35579705/how-to-make-svgs-sharp-in-firefox-and-internet-explorer in order to see a code snippet + the attached image

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guigs
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Please Could you file a new bug at 

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core&component...

with a testcase (including the canvas) that reproduces it with reference to your stackoverflow link.

Thank you.

cor-el
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If I zoom the page with the SVG code then I notice a change with some zoom levels (lines get thicker). 

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