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I export an image in SVG format using the Export command (code below). I find the quality okayish, but not great. I tried playing around with PlotPoints and MaxRecursion, but without being able to improve things significantly. Are there other parameters for ParametricPlot and/or Export that can improve the output quality?

xmin = -1;
xmax = 1;
ymin = -1.5;
ymax = 1.5;
darkblue = RGBColor["#004699"];
lightblue = RGBColor["#0071b9"];
thick = 0.001;

f[x_, y_] := {Exp[x]*Cos[y], Exp[x]*Sin[y]};

F[x_, y_, t_] := (1 - t)*{x, y} + t*f[x, y];

t = 0.75;

homotopy = Table[ParametricPlot[{F[i, j + s*ymax, t], F[i + s*xmax, j, t]}, {s, -5, 5}, PlotStyle -> {{If[i == 0, darkblue, If[i == Floor[i], lightblue, Black]], If[i == 0, Thickness[5*thick], If[i == Floor[i], Thickness[3*thick],Thickness[thick/10]]]}, {If[j == 0, darkblue,If[j == Floor[j], lightblue, Black]], If[j == 0,Thickness[5*thick],If[j == Floor[j], Thickness[3*thick], Thickness[thick/10]]]}},PlotRange -> {{xmin, xmax}, {ymin, ymax}}, PlotPoints -> 100,MaxRecursion -> 15, Background -> None, PlotRangeClipping -> True,Axes -> False], {i, 2*xmin, 2*xmax, 1}, {j, 5*ymin, 5*ymax, 1}];

Export["~/Desktop/homotopy.svg",Show[homotopy]];

Edit: Here is how things look like upon zooming a bit into the picture (using ImageResolution->600 as proposed below)

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Edit II: A similar issue is described here

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  • $\begingroup$ Export it as a pdf or eps? $\endgroup$
    – chris
    Sep 15, 2021 at 10:17
  • $\begingroup$ otherwise you can always do Export["~/Desktop/homotopy.svg", Show[homotopy], ImageResolution -> 600]; $\endgroup$
    – chris
    Sep 15, 2021 at 10:43
  • $\begingroup$ @chris Thanks, but this doesn't really help, see the edit, neither does exporting to pdf or eps $\endgroup$
    – 220284
    Sep 15, 2021 at 11:09
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    $\begingroup$ Change stroke-linecap:square to stroke-linecap:round and stroke-miterlimit:3.25 to something like stroke-miterlimit:0.25 in the SVG file. I didn't have time to see if we could make Mma's SVG converter do that for you. $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Sep 15, 2021 at 12:31
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    $\begingroup$ @MichaelE2 That's excellent! Many thanks indeed! Perhaps you can phrase it as an answer, so that I can accept and upvote? $\endgroup$
    – 220284
    Sep 15, 2021 at 12:40

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This makes it look smooth:

Change stroke-linecap:square to stroke-linecap:round and stroke-miterlimit:3.25 to something like stroke-miterlimit:0.25 in the SVG file. I didn't have time to see if we could make Mma's SVG converter do that for you.

After some spelunking, I could not find a way to tweak the SVG parameters from within Mathematica.

Here's a way to make the adjustment within Mathematica:

Export[
 FileNameJoin[{$TemporaryDirectory, "homotopy.svg"}],
 StringReplace[
  ExportString[Show[homotopy], "SVG"],
  {"stroke-linecap:square" -> "stroke-linecap:round",
   "stroke-miterlimit:3.25" -> "stroke-miterlimit:0.25"}
  ],
 "Text"]
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  • $\begingroup$ Great answer! Many thanks! $\endgroup$
    – 220284
    Sep 17, 2021 at 10:40

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