Of course you&#x27;re right that we do need to support SVG and vector formats, but it&#x27;s also not entirely true that &quot;vector &gt;&gt; raster&quot; in all cases.<p>Raster does have limited resolution, but so does your screen or most output devices (yes, even scientific plotters).<p>It&#x27;s also not necessarily true that it has a higher storage footprint; it depends on the complexity and number of glyphs, the fonts you need to embed for the LaTeX formulae, etc. etc.  In large-data cases, raster can be a much more viable visualization transfer medium.