Why does the shape differ when importing an SVG file? Consider:



I have made a sword shape in CorelDraw and exported it in the SVG format. The shape when imported in Blender looks compressed. The original image attached with the Blend file is: 

 

Why is it compressed?

You can get the SVG file from https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwiTD4qoMzsZWmxSMjZFSzVzQWM.
To increase the resolution of the Curve Object see this panel. There's a setting for Preview and Render resolution.



The SVG itself is also stretched in the width, internally it's showing a non-proportional viewbox property. Each coordinate is transformed according to the viewbox ratio.

viewBox="0 0 1 1.41379"




save it again from CorelDraw with proportional dimensions (can't help you with that) or edit the .svg manually (easy). Look for the line with viewBox="0 0 1 1.41379" and change it to viewBox="0 0 1.41379 1.41379", or "0 0 1 1"