\documentclass[ crop,tikz,convert={ outext=.svg,command=\unexpanded{ pdf2svg \infile\space\outfile } }, multi=false] {standalone}[2012/04/13] %\usetikzlibrary{...}% tikz package already loaded by 'tikz' option \makeatletter \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw [dotted] (0,0) rectangle (10,10); \draw [dotted, ultra thick] (10,0) -- (0,4); \draw (0,0) .. controls (0,10) and (10,0) .. (10,10); \draw [olive, line width=5] (5,0) parabola (0,10); \draw (10,0) arc (0:180:2cm); \draw (3,3) circle (2cm and 3cm); % grid \draw[step=1cm,gray,very thin] (0,0) grid (10,10); % fill \fill[blue!40!white] (0,0) rectangle (1,1); \filldraw[left color=green, right color=white, draw=black] (5,5) rectangle (4,4); % text \node at (5,5) {yolo}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}