diff --git a/news/133.feature b/news/133.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5145a308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/133.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- feature: "scale" SVGs by setting the correct height and width for the given scale in its metadata.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plone/namedfile/scaling.py b/plone/namedfile/scaling.py
index f79fc6a7..bf3e1081 100644
--- a/plone/namedfile/scaling.py
+++ b/plone/namedfile/scaling.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from Acquisition import aq_base
 from DateTime import DateTime
 from io import BytesIO
-from plone.base.utils import safe_bytes
 from plone.memoize import ram
 from plone.namedfile.browser import ALLOWED_INLINE_MIMETYPES
 from plone.namedfile.browser import DISALLOWED_INLINE_MIMETYPES
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
 from plone.rfc822.interfaces import IPrimaryFieldInfo
 from plone.scale.interfaces import IImageScaleFactory
 from plone.scale.interfaces import IScaledImageQuality
+from plone.scale.scale import scale_svg_image
 from plone.scale.scale import scaleImage
 from plone.scale.storage import IImageScaleStorage
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _image_tag_from_values(*values):
     for k, v in values:
         if v is None:
             continue
-        if isinstance(v, int):
+        if isinstance(v, (int, float)):
             v = str(v)
         elif isinstance(v, bytes):
             v = str(v, "utf8")
@@ -327,14 +327,12 @@ def create_scale(self, data, mode, height, width, **parameters):
     def handle_image(self, orig_value, orig_data, mode, height, width, **parameters):
         """Return a scaled image, its mimetype format, and width and height."""
         if getattr(orig_value, "contentType", "") == "image/svg+xml":
-            # No need to scale, we can simply use the original data,
-            # but report a different width and height.
-            if isinstance(orig_data, (str)):
-                orig_data = safe_bytes(orig_data)
-            if isinstance(orig_data, (bytes)):
+            if isinstance(orig_data, bytes):
                 orig_data = BytesIO(orig_data)
-            result = orig_data.read(), "svg+xml", (width, height)
-            return result
+            if isinstance(orig_data, str):
+                orig_data = BytesIO(orig_data.encode("utf-8"))
+            scaled_data, size = scale_svg_image(orig_data, width, height, mode)
+            return scaled_data, "svg+xml", size
         try:
             result = self.create_scale(
                 orig_data, mode=mode, height=height, width=width, **parameters
diff --git a/plone/namedfile/test.pt b/plone/namedfile/test.pt
index 5568f1d5..202b2b51 100644
--- a/plone/namedfile/test.pt
+++ b/plone/namedfile/test.pt
@@ -112,42 +112,76 @@
         </section>
         <hr />
         <section id="examples">
-          <h2 i18n:translate="">Examples with mode</h2>
+          <h2 i18n:translate="">Examples with direction/mode</h2>
+          <p i18n:translate="">
+      There are three modes to scale an image:
+            <code>scale</code>,
+            <code>cover</code>
+            and
+            <code>contain</code>.
+          </p>
+          <p i18n:translate="">Scaling methods do never stretch/distort the image in one direction only.</p>
 
-          <h3 i18n:translate="">Mini</h3>
-          <figure class="figure"
-                  tal:define="
-                    img_tag python:images.tag('image', scale='mini');
-                  "
-          >
-            <img tal:replace="structure img_tag" />
-            <br /><code tal:content="img_tag"></code>
-          </figure>
+          <h3 i18n:translate="">Mini direction=scale
+            <p i18n:translate="">
+      Scales to the requested dimensions without cropping.
+      The resulting image may have a different size than requested.
+      This option requires both, width and height, to be specified.
+      Does not scale up.
+            </p>
+            <p i18n:translate="">
+      Here direction is not explicit set, it uses by default
+              <code>direction="scale"</code>.
+            </p>
+            <p i18n:translate="">Deprecated spellings:
+              <code>keep</code>,
+              <code>thumbnail</code>.</p>
+            <figure class="figure"
+                    tal:define="
+                      img_tag python:images.tag('image', scale='mini');
+                    "
+            >
+              <img tal:replace="structure img_tag" />
+              <br /><code tal:content="img_tag"></code>
+            </figure>
 
-          <h3 id="cover"
-              i18n:translate=""
-          >Mini mode=cover</h3>
-          <figure class="figure"
-                  tal:define="
-                    img_tag python:images.tag('image', scale='mini', mode='cover');
-                  "
-          >
-            <img tal:replace="structure img_tag" />
-            <br /><code tal:content="img_tag"></code>
-          </figure>
+            <h3 id="cover"
+                i18n:translate=""
+            >Mini direction=cover</h3>
+            <p i18n:translate="">
+      Scales the relatively largest dimension up to the required size.
+      Despite the alternative spelling, I see no cropping happening.
+            </p>
+            <p i18n:translate="">Deprecated spellings:
+              <code>scale-crop-to-fill</code>,
+              <code>up</code>.</p>
+            <figure class="figure"
+                    tal:define="
+                      img_tag python:images.tag('image', scale='mini', mode='cover');
+                    "
+            >
+              <img tal:replace="structure img_tag" />
+              <br /><code tal:content="img_tag"></code>
+            </figure>
 
-          <h3 id="contain"
-              i18n:translate=""
-          >Mini mode=contain</h3>
-          <figure class="figure"
-                  tal:define="
-                    img_tag python:images.tag('image', scale='mini', mode='contain');
-                  "
-          >
-            <img tal:replace="structure img_tag" />
-            <br /><code tal:content="img_tag"></code>
-          </figure>
-        </section>
+            <h3 id="contain"
+                i18n:translate=""
+            >Mini direction=contain</h3>
+            <p i18n:translate="">
+      Starts by scaling the relatively smallest dimension to the required size and crops the other dimension if needed.
+            </p>
+            <p i18n:translate="">Deprecated spellings:
+              <code>scale-crop-to-fit</code>,
+              <code>down</code>.</p>
+            <figure class="figure"
+                    tal:define="
+                      img_tag python:images.tag('image', scale='mini', direction='contain');
+                    "
+            >
+              <img tal:replace="structure img_tag" />
+              <br /><code tal:content="img_tag"></code>
+            </figure>
+          </h3></section>
 
         <section id="picture">
           <h2 i18n:translate="">Picture tags</h2>
diff --git a/plone/namedfile/tests/test_scaling_functional.py b/plone/namedfile/tests/test_scaling_functional.py
index bf8f1fd7..f20175fa 100644
--- a/plone/namedfile/tests/test_scaling_functional.py
+++ b/plone/namedfile/tests/test_scaling_functional.py
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ def testSVGPublishThumbViaName(self):
             self.layer["app"].absolute_url() + "/svg/@@images/image/thumb"
         )
         self.assertEqual("image/svg+xml", self.browser.headers["content-type"])
-        self.assertEqual(self.browser.contents, data)
+        self.assertIn(b'width="128" height="32"', self.browser.contents)
+        self.assertEqual(self.browser.contents[:20], data[:20].replace(b'"', b"'"))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.browser.contents[-50:], data.replace(b"\r", b"").strip()[-50:]
+        )
 
     def testImagesViewWithNoSubpath(self):
         transaction.commit()
diff --git a/plone/namedfile/utils.rst b/plone/namedfile/utils.rst
index c5833cac..8c4c26c2 100644
--- a/plone/namedfile/utils.rst
+++ b/plone/namedfile/utils.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Used in the widget itself to strip off any path, regardless of platform::
     >>> safe_basename('/farmyard/cows/daisy')
     'daisy'
 
-    >>> safe_basename('F:\FARMYARD\COWS\DAISY.TXT')
+    >>> safe_basename(r'F:\FARMYARD\COWS\DAISY.TXT')
     'DAISY.TXT'
 
     >>> safe_basename('Macintosh Farmyard:Cows:Daisy Text File')