Re: [Inkscape-user] Saving as PDF creates a very large file

Stephane Eybert wrote:

...the PDF file size is in the megabytes... when my svg file is very small.

The pdf export is not perfect, but I believe that some of the problem is with the PDF format itself. Your document probably has blurs, or gradients or similar features that are unsupported by PDF and therefore have to be rendered using bitmaps.

Rygle.