Hour 8. Symbols
One of the most useful features in SVG is the ability to establish an object (or group of objects) as a symbolic group. By doing so, this “symbol” can be referenced multiple times throughout the document.
For example, say you were creating a bulleted list of ten items that would need to be updated for every season. For lack of a better example, say you wanted a pumpkin for your Halloween bullet. Rather than drawing one pumpkin and duplicating it nine times (creating a lot of additional code), you can create the bullet graphic once and store it within a reference library. Now your pumpkin exists abstractly and can be referenced with a small line of code ten times to create your list. Even better, when you decide to change the pumpkin ...
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