% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/51766 \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 (0,0) -- (10,10); % ... \draw (10,0) -- (0,10); % ... \draw (5,0) -- (0,10); % ... \node at (5,5) {Lorem ipsum at domine standalonus}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}