diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad3d966..e5c4802 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 
 .idea
 book/build/
+book/source/diag_converted
diff --git a/.woodpecker/epub.yml b/.woodpecker/epub.yml
index 798fbea..07c6951 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/epub.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/epub.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ steps:
     image: archlinux:latest
     commands:
       - pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm archlinux-keyring
-      - pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm epubcheck make patch python-myst-parser python-sphinx
+      - pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm epubcheck inkscape make patch python-myst-parser python-sphinx
       # fix sphinx: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11598
       - patch -Np1 -d /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ -i "$(pwd)/book/patches/sphinx-11766.patch"
       - make -C book epub-check
diff --git a/.woodpecker/links.yml b/.woodpecker/links.yml
index 01acf6b..825d37f 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/links.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/links.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ steps:
     image: archlinux:latest
     commands:
       - pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm archlinux-keyring
-      - pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm lychee make python-myst-parser python-sphinx
+      - pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm inkscape lychee make python-myst-parser python-sphinx
       - make -C book html-linkcheck
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 24aadea..5cca0cd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ WORKDIR /book
 # fix EPUB rendering: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11598
 RUN \
   pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm archlinux-keyring \
-  && pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm epubcheck make patch python-myst-parser python-sphinx \
+  && pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm inkscape make patch python-myst-parser python-sphinx \
   && patch -Np1 -d /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ -i /book/patches/sphinx-11766.patch \
   && make epub html
 
diff --git a/book/Makefile b/book/Makefile
index b3d4901..8d8122c 100644
--- a/book/Makefile
+++ b/book/Makefile
@@ -9,14 +9,27 @@
 CODESPELL ?= codespell
 EBOOK_VIEWER ?= ebook-viewer
 EPUBCHECK ?= epubcheck
+INKSCAPE ?= inkscape
 SPHINXOPTS    ?= -W
 SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
 LYCHEE ?= lychee
 PRINTF ?= printf
+RM ?= rm
 WATCHEXEC ?= watchexec
 SOURCEDIR     = source
 BUILDDIR      = build
 
+# clean build output and also preprocessed/ converted data
+clean-all: clean
+	@$(RM) -rv $(SOURCEDIR)/diag_converted/
+
+# convert all SVG to plain SVGs without metadata and paths instead of text
+convert-svg:
+	for file in $(SOURCEDIR)/diag/*.svg; do if [[ ! -f $(SOURCEDIR)/diag_converted/$$(basename $$file) ]]; then $(INKSCAPE) --export-text-to-path --export-plain-svg --export-filename=$(SOURCEDIR)/diag_converted/$$(basename $$file) $$file; fi; done
+
+epub: convert-svg
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M epub "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
 epub-check: clean epub
 	@$(EPUBCHECK) "$(BUILDDIR)/epub/"*.epub
 
@@ -29,6 +42,9 @@ epub-watch:
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
+html: convert-svg
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M html "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
 html-linkcheck: clean html
 	@$(LYCHEE) "$(BUILDDIR)/html/"*.html