Help! Convert svg to pdf creates low-res files

[dbc001]

Okay, I'm trying to create a pdf from an svg file. I do a search & replace on the svg file and then create a pdf from it using this command:

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convert source.svg target.pdf

Every time I try it I end up with terribly pixelated files that look like a highly compressed jpg. The fonts are rasterized and low resolution. How can I max out the resolution of my output file? It's going to be printed (4 feet wide I believe) so I need as much resolution as I can get.

Thanks in advance!
dbc

PS I'm on a CentOS box using imagemagick 6.5.4.7

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$ convert -version
Version: ImageMagick 6.5.4-7 2010-02-26 Q16 OpenMP http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2009 ImageMagick Studio LLC

[fmw42]

both are vector files and need the density to define its size, so try

convert -density 300 source.svg target.pdf

[anthony]

A word about Vector Image formats
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/formats/#vector

[dbc001]

fmw42,
Thanks! That did the trick.

Anthony,
Thanks for the link. It never occurred to me that IM was rasterizing everything for conversion. Any idea what tool I should be using for svg -> pdf conversion?

Thanks again guys!
dbc001