Dictionary entry
text-to-vector
also text-to-vector graphics or text-to-SVG or Text to Vector Graphic
Definition of text-to-vector
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: a generative AI capability that turns a natural-language description into editable vector artwork made from paths, shapes, fills, and other scalable graphic objects rather than a fixed grid of pixels
- The designer used text-to-vector to generate a family of editable icons from one written prompt.
- Unlike a raster image generator, the text-to-vector tool returned shapes whose colors and curves could be adjusted individually.
Origin & history
Research systems explored text-to-vector and text-to-SVG generation in the early 2020s. Adobe introduced Text to Vector Graphic in Illustrator as a beta feature in October 2023, helping establish the phrase in mainstream design software; other graphics products later adopted similar wording for prompt-generated editable vector art.
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"Text-to-vector." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/text-to-vector/. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.