diff --git a/lib/auto-sizing-svg.tsx b/lib/auto-sizing-svg.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..853c61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/auto-sizing-svg.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * An SVG element with an optional background color that
+ * automatically sizes itself to its contents.
+ */
+export const AutoSizingSvg = React.forwardRef(
+  (
+    props: {
+      padding: number;
+      bgColor?: string;
+      children: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[];
+    },
+    ref: React.ForwardedRef<SVGSVGElement>
+  ) => {
+    const { bgColor, padding } = props;
+    const [x, setX] = useState(0);
+    const [y, setY] = useState(0);
+    const [width, setWidth] = useState(1);
+    const [height, setHeight] = useState(1);
+    const gRef = useRef<SVGGElement>(null);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const svgEl = gRef.current;
+      if (svgEl) {
+        const bbox = svgEl.getBBox();
+        setX(bbox.x - padding);
+        setY(bbox.y - padding);
+        setWidth(bbox.width + padding * 2);
+        setHeight(bbox.height + padding * 2);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return (
+      <svg
+        version="1.1"
+        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+        width={`${width}px`}
+        height={`${height}px`}
+        viewBox={`${x} ${y} ${width} ${height}`}
+        ref={ref}
+      >
+        {bgColor && (
+          <rect x={x} y={y} width={width} height={height} fill={bgColor} />
+        )}
+        <g ref={gRef}>{props.children}</g>
+      </svg>
+    );
+  }
+);
diff --git a/lib/pages/creature-page.tsx b/lib/pages/creature-page.tsx
index 96a9fe4..adb9b12 100644
--- a/lib/pages/creature-page.tsx
+++ b/lib/pages/creature-page.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useContext, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useContext, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { SvgVocabulary } from "../svg-vocabulary";
 import {
   createSvgSymbolContext,
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { Random } from "../random";
 import { SymbolContextWidget } from "../symbol-context-widget";
 import { range } from "../util";
 import { getBoundingBoxCenter, uniformlyScaleToFit } from "../bounding-box";
+import { AutoSizingSvg } from "../auto-sizing-svg";
 
 const DEFAULT_BG_COLOR = "#858585";
 
@@ -439,51 +440,6 @@ function exportSvg(filename: string, svgRef: React.RefObject<SVGSVGElement>) {
   document.body.removeChild(anchor);
 }
 
-const AutoSizingSvg = React.forwardRef(
-  (
-    props: {
-      padding: number;
-      bgColor?: string;
-      children: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[];
-    },
-    ref: React.ForwardedRef<SVGSVGElement>
-  ) => {
-    const { bgColor, padding } = props;
-    const [x, setX] = useState(0);
-    const [y, setY] = useState(0);
-    const [width, setWidth] = useState(1);
-    const [height, setHeight] = useState(1);
-    const gRef = useRef<SVGGElement>(null);
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-      const svgEl = gRef.current;
-      if (svgEl) {
-        const bbox = svgEl.getBBox();
-        setX(bbox.x - padding);
-        setY(bbox.y - padding);
-        setWidth(bbox.width + padding * 2);
-        setHeight(bbox.height + padding * 2);
-      }
-    });
-
-    return (
-      <svg
-        version="1.1"
-        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-        width={`${width}px`}
-        height={`${height}px`}
-        viewBox={`${x} ${y} ${width} ${height}`}
-        ref={ref}
-      >
-        {bgColor && (
-          <rect x={x} y={y} width={width} height={height} fill={bgColor} />
-        )}
-        <g ref={gRef}>{props.children}</g>
-      </svg>
-    );
-  }
-);
-
 function getDownloadFilename(randomSeed: number | null) {
   let downloadBasename = "mystic-symbolic-creature";