SVG clipPath to clip the *outer* content out

Question

Normally, the element hides everything that is outshide the clip path. To achieve the opposite effect - that is to \"cut out\" something from t

Answer 1

It's much easier to do what you're after with a mask, see this example. Here's the mask definition:

  
  ABC

Regions that are white inside the mask will be kept, everything else will be clipped away.

Here's another example that uses clipPath instead, is a bit trickier since you need to use a path element to get the clip-rule to apply. The clipPath that uses clip-rule there looks like this: