diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fc8cd9..5b7f6db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ option(MSDF_ATLAS_DYNAMIC_RUNTIME "Link dynamic runtime library instead of stati
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Generate dynamic library files instead of static" OFF)
 
 if(NOT MSDF_ATLAS_MSDFGEN_EXTERNAL)
+    set(MSDFGEN_DISABLE_SVG ON CACHE BOOL "Disable unused SVG functionality to minimize dependencies")
     set(MSDFGEN_CORE_ONLY OFF CACHE INTERNAL "Only build the core msdfgen library with no dependencies (disabled for msdf-atlas-gen)" FORCE)
     set(MSDFGEN_BUILD_STANDALONE OFF CACHE BOOL "Build the msdfgen standalone executable")
     set(MSDFGEN_USE_VCPKG ${MSDF_ATLAS_USE_VCPKG} CACHE INTERNAL "Use vcpkg package manager to link msdfgen project dependencies" FORCE)
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory(msdfgen)
 endif()
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-if(NOT TARGET PNG::PNG)
+if(NOT MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG AND NOT TARGET PNG::PNG)
     find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
@@ -113,7 +114,10 @@ endif()
 set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY VS_STARTUP_PROJECT msdf-atlas-gen)
 
 target_compile_features(msdf-atlas-gen PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
-target_link_libraries(msdf-atlas-gen PRIVATE Threads::Threads PNG::PNG)
+target_link_libraries(msdf-atlas-gen PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+if(NOT MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG)
+    target_link_libraries(msdf-atlas-gen PRIVATE PNG::PNG)
+endif()
 target_link_libraries(msdf-atlas-gen PUBLIC msdfgen::msdfgen)
 
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND WIN32)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 142913b..c666243 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ The atlas generator can generate the following six types of atlases.
 
 Notes:
 - *Sharp corners* refers to preservation of corner sharpness when upscaled.
-- *Soft effects* refers to the support of effects that use true distance, such as glows, rounded borders, or simplified shadows.
-- *Hard effects* refers to the support of effects that use pseudo-distance, such as mitered borders or thickness adjustment.
+- *Soft effects* refers to the support of effects that use true distance, such as glows, rounded outlines, or simplified shadows.
+- *Hard effects* refers to the support of effects that use perpendicular distance, such as mitered outlines or thickness adjustment.
 
 ## Getting started
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Use the following command line arguments for the standalone version of the atlas
 - `hardmask` – a non-anti-aliased binary image
 - `softmask` – an anti-aliased image
 - `sdf` – a true signed distance field (SDF)
-- `psdf` – a pseudo-distance field
+- `psdf` – a signed perpendicular distance field (PSDF)
 - `msdf` (default) – a multi-channel signed distance field (MSDF)
 - `mtsdf` – a combination of MSDF and true SDF in the alpha channel
 
diff --git a/cmake/msdf-atlas-gen-config.cmake.in b/cmake/msdf-atlas-gen-config.cmake.in
index 8789a4a..b5b2317 100644
--- a/cmake/msdf-atlas-gen-config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/msdf-atlas-gen-config.cmake.in
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 
 set(MSDF_ATLAS_STANDALONE_AVAILABLE @MSDF_ATLAS_BUILD_STANDALONE@)
+set(MSDF_ATLAS_NO_PNG @MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG@)
 
-find_dependency(PNG REQUIRED)
+if(NOT MSDF_ATLAS_NO_PNG)
+    find_dependency(PNG REQUIRED)
+endif()
 find_dependency(msdfgen REQUIRED)
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/msdf-atlas-gen-targets.cmake")
diff --git a/msdf-atlas-gen/artery-font-export.cpp b/msdf-atlas-gen/artery-font-export.cpp
index f617a58..2c15ac6 100644
--- a/msdf-atlas-gen/artery-font-export.cpp
+++ b/msdf-atlas-gen/artery-font-export.cpp
@@ -134,12 +134,14 @@ bool exportArteryFont(const FontGeometry *fonts, int fontCount, const msdfgen::B
         image.channels = N;
         image.imageType = convertImageType(properties.imageType);
         switch (properties.imageFormat) {
+        #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
             case ImageFormat::PNG:
                 image.encoding = artery_font::IMAGE_PNG;
                 image.pixelFormat = artery_font::PIXEL_UNSIGNED8;
                 if (!encodePng((std::vector<byte> &) image.data, atlas))
                     return false;
                 break;
+        #endif
             case ImageFormat::TIFF:
                 image.encoding = artery_font::IMAGE_TIFF;
                 image.pixelFormat = artery_font::PIXEL_FLOAT32;
diff --git a/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.cpp b/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.cpp
index af4a325..d573dcf 100644
--- a/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.cpp
+++ b/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void sdfGenerator(const msdfgen::BitmapRef<float, 1> &output, const GlyphGeometr
 }
 
 void psdfGenerator(const msdfgen::BitmapRef<float, 1> &output, const GlyphGeometry &glyph, const GeneratorAttributes &attribs) {
-    msdfgen::generatePseudoSDF(output, glyph.getShape(), glyph.getBoxProjection(), glyph.getBoxRange(), attribs.config);
+    msdfgen::generatePSDF(output, glyph.getShape(), glyph.getBoxProjection(), glyph.getBoxRange(), attribs.config);
     if (attribs.scanlinePass)
         msdfgen::distanceSignCorrection(output, glyph.getShape(), glyph.getBoxProjection(), MSDF_ATLAS_GLYPH_FILL_RULE);
 }
diff --git a/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.h b/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.h
index 1df7c24..e0d7b23 100644
--- a/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.h
+++ b/msdf-atlas-gen/glyph-generators.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace msdf_atlas {
 void scanlineGenerator(const msdfgen::BitmapRef<float, 1> &output, const GlyphGeometry &glyph, const GeneratorAttributes &attribs);
 /// Generates a true signed distance field of the glyph
 void sdfGenerator(const msdfgen::BitmapRef<float, 1> &output, const GlyphGeometry &glyph, const GeneratorAttributes &attribs);
-/// Generates a signed pseudo-distance field of the glyph
+/// Generates a signed perpendicular distance field of the glyph
 void psdfGenerator(const msdfgen::BitmapRef<float, 1> &output, const GlyphGeometry &glyph, const GeneratorAttributes &attribs);
 /// Generates a multi-channel signed distance field of the glyph
 void msdfGenerator(const msdfgen::BitmapRef<float, 3> &output, const GlyphGeometry &glyph, const GeneratorAttributes &attribs);
diff --git a/msdf-atlas-gen/image-encode.h b/msdf-atlas-gen/image-encode.h
index 59a8fc5..9638357 100644
--- a/msdf-atlas-gen/image-encode.h
+++ b/msdf-atlas-gen/image-encode.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <msdfgen.h>
 #include "types.h"
 
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
+
 namespace msdf_atlas {
 
 // Functions to encode an image as a sequence of bytes in memory
@@ -18,3 +20,5 @@ bool encodePng(std::vector<byte> &output, const msdfgen::BitmapConstRef<float, 3
 bool encodePng(std::vector<byte> &output, const msdfgen::BitmapConstRef<float, 4> &bitmap);
 
 }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/msdf-atlas-gen/image-save.hpp b/msdf-atlas-gen/image-save.hpp
index 2219b59..6be7df4 100644
--- a/msdf-atlas-gen/image-save.hpp
+++ b/msdf-atlas-gen/image-save.hpp
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ bool saveImageText(const msdfgen::BitmapConstRef<float, N> &bitmap, const char *
 template <int N>
 bool saveImage(const msdfgen::BitmapConstRef<byte, N> &bitmap, ImageFormat format, const char *filename, YDirection outputYDirection) {
     switch (format) {
+    #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
         case ImageFormat::PNG:
             return msdfgen::savePng(bitmap, filename);
+    #endif
         case ImageFormat::BMP:
             return msdfgen::saveBmp(bitmap, filename);
         case ImageFormat::TIFF:
@@ -44,8 +46,10 @@ bool saveImage(const msdfgen::BitmapConstRef<byte, N> &bitmap, ImageFormat forma
 template <int N>
 bool saveImage(const msdfgen::BitmapConstRef<float, N> &bitmap, ImageFormat format, const char *filename, YDirection outputYDirection) {
     switch (format) {
+    #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
         case ImageFormat::PNG:
             return msdfgen::savePng(bitmap, filename);
+    #endif
         case ImageFormat::BMP:
             return msdfgen::saveBmp(bitmap, filename);
         case ImageFormat::TIFF:
diff --git a/msdf-atlas-gen/main.cpp b/msdf-atlas-gen/main.cpp
index beb6c36..b89744d 100644
--- a/msdf-atlas-gen/main.cpp
+++ b/msdf-atlas-gen/main.cpp
@@ -57,9 +57,13 @@ MSDF Atlas Generator by Viktor Chlumsky v)" MSDF_ATLAS_VERSION_STRING R"( (with
 
 INPUT SPECIFICATION
   -font <filename.ttf/otf>
-      Specifies the input TrueType / OpenType font file. A font specification is required.
+      Specifies the input TrueType / OpenType font file. A font specification is required.)"
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS
+R"(
   -varfont <filename.ttf/otf?var0=value0&var1=value1>
-      Specifies an input variable font file and configures its variables.
+      Specifies an input variable font file and configures its variables.)"
+#endif
+R"(
   -charset <filename>
       Specifies the input character set. Refer to the documentation for format of charset specification. Defaults to ASCII.
   -glyphset <filename>
@@ -76,7 +80,13 @@ INPUT SPECIFICATION
 ATLAS CONFIGURATION
   -type <hardmask / softmask / sdf / psdf / msdf / mtsdf>
       Selects the type of atlas to be generated.
-  -format <png / bmp / tiff / text / textfloat / bin / binfloat / binfloatbe>
+)"
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
+R"(  -format <png / bmp / tiff / text / textfloat / bin / binfloat / binfloatbe>)"
+#else
+R"(  -format <bmp / tiff / text / textfloat / bin / binfloat / binfloatbe>)"
+#endif
+R"(
       Selects the format for the atlas image output. Some image formats may be incompatible with embedded output formats.
   -dimensions <width> <height>
       Sets the atlas to have fixed dimensions (width x height).
@@ -90,9 +100,9 @@ ATLAS CONFIGURATION
     -uniformcell <width> <height>
         Sets fixed dimensions of the grid's cells.
     -uniformcellconstraint <none / pots / potr / square / square2 / square4>
-        Constrains cell dimensions to the given rule (see -pots / ... above)
+        Constrains cell dimensions to the given rule (see -pots / ... above).
     -uniformorigin <off / on / horizontal / vertical>
-        Sets whether the glyph's origin point should be fixed at the same position in each cell
+        Sets whether the glyph's origin point should be fixed at the same position in each cell.
   -yorigin <bottom / top>
       Determines whether the Y-axis is oriented upwards (bottom origin, default) or downwards (top origin).
 
@@ -228,6 +238,7 @@ static bool strStartsWith(const char *str, const char *prefix) {
     return true;
 }
 
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS
 static msdfgen::FontHandle *loadVarFont(msdfgen::FreetypeHandle *library, const char *filename) {
     std::string buffer;
     while (*filename && *filename != '?')
@@ -250,6 +261,7 @@ static msdfgen::FontHandle *loadVarFont(msdfgen::FreetypeHandle *library, const
     }
     return font;
 }
+#endif
 
 struct FontInput {
     const char *fontFilename;
@@ -406,9 +418,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
             continue;
         }
         ARG_CASE("-format", 1) {
-            if (ARG_IS("png"))
-                config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::PNG;
-            else if (ARG_IS("bmp"))
+            #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
+                if (ARG_IS("png"))
+                    config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::PNG;
+                else
+            #endif
+            if (ARG_IS("bmp"))
                 config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::BMP;
             else if (ARG_IS("tiff"))
                 config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::TIFF;
@@ -422,8 +437,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
                 config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::BINARY_FLOAT;
             else if (ARG_IS("binfloatbe"))
                 config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::BINARY_FLOAT_BE;
-            else
-                ABORT("Invalid image format. Valid formats are: png, bmp, tiff, text, textfloat, bin, binfloat");
+            else {
+                #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
+                    ABORT("Invalid image format. Valid formats are: png, bmp, tiff, text, textfloat, bin, binfloat");
+                #else
+                    ABORT("Invalid image format. Valid formats are: bmp, tiff, text, textfloat, bin, binfloat");
+                #endif
+            }
             imageFormatName = arg;
             ++argPos;
             continue;
@@ -433,11 +453,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
             fontInput.variableFont = false;
             continue;
         }
+    #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS
         ARG_CASE("-varfont", 1) {
             fontInput.fontFilename = argv[argPos++];
             fontInput.variableFont = true;
             continue;
         }
+    #endif
         ARG_CASE("-charset", 1) {
             fontInput.charsetFilename = argv[argPos++];
             fontInput.glyphIdentifierType = GlyphIdentifierType::UNICODE_CODEPOINT;
@@ -845,21 +867,31 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
     // Finalize image format
     ImageFormat imageExtension = ImageFormat::UNSPECIFIED;
     if (config.imageFilename) {
-        if (cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".png")) imageExtension = ImageFormat::PNG;
-        else if (cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".bmp")) imageExtension = ImageFormat::BMP;
+        if (cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".png")) {
+            #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
+                imageExtension = ImageFormat::PNG;
+            #else
+                fputs("Warning: You are using a version of this program without PNG image support!\n", stderr);
+            #endif
+        } else if (cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".bmp")) imageExtension = ImageFormat::BMP;
         else if (cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".tif") || cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".tiff")) imageExtension = ImageFormat::TIFF;
         else if (cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".txt")) imageExtension = ImageFormat::TEXT;
         else if (cmpExtension(config.imageFilename, ".bin")) imageExtension = ImageFormat::BINARY;
     }
     if (config.imageFormat == ImageFormat::UNSPECIFIED) {
-        config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::PNG;
-        imageFormatName = "png";
+        #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_PNG
+            config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::PNG;
+            imageFormatName = "png";
+        #else
+            config.imageFormat = ImageFormat::TIFF;
+            imageFormatName = "tiff";
+        #endif
         // If image format is not specified and -imageout is the only image output, infer format from its extension
         if (!config.arteryFontFilename) {
             if (imageExtension != ImageFormat::UNSPECIFIED)
                 config.imageFormat = imageExtension;
             else if (config.imageFilename)
-                fputs("Warning: Could not infer image format from file extension, PNG will be used.\n", stderr);
+                fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Could not infer image format from file extension, %s will be used.\n", imageFormatName);
         }
     }
     if (config.imageType == ImageType::MTSDF && config.imageFormat == ImageFormat::BMP)
@@ -926,7 +958,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
                         return true;
                     if (font)
                         msdfgen::destroyFont(font);
-                    if ((font = isVarFont ? loadVarFont(ft, fontFilename) : msdfgen::loadFont(ft, fontFilename))) {
+                    if ((font = (
+                        #ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS
+                            isVarFont ? loadVarFont(ft, fontFilename) :
+                        #endif
+                        msdfgen::loadFont(ft, fontFilename)
+                    ))) {
                         this->fontFilename = fontFilename;
                         return true;
                     }
diff --git a/msdf-atlas-gen/types.h b/msdf-atlas-gen/types.h
index 78cc30c..92026fe 100644
--- a/msdf-atlas-gen/types.h
+++ b/msdf-atlas-gen/types.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ enum class ImageType {
     SOFT_MASK,
     /// Signed (true) distance field
     SDF,
-    /// Signed pseudo-distance field
+    /// Signed perpendicular distance field
     PSDF,
     /// Multi-channel signed distance field
     MSDF,
diff --git a/msdfgen b/msdfgen
index 682381a..937f31f 160000
--- a/msdfgen
+++ b/msdfgen
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 682381a03c5876cffcad256a59eab7efd83c3f4e
+Subproject commit 937f31ff418e488e4b707a77c294cdb4fadb4235
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 9557d51..fdb7a67 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "dependencies": [
         "freetype",
-        "tinyxml2",
         "libpng"
     ],
     "default-features": [