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<p>Hi all,<br>
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<p>Some months ago there was a <a
href="https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/qgis-fr-user-ameliorer-lexport-svg-de-qgis/274/11">discussion</a>
on the french qgis user group about problems with svg export in
QGIS. This is a follow-up to this discussion but centered on text,
because it seemed better to start with a more "focused" problem
:-) For a bit of context my colleague Nelly Martin and myself
would like to help improve QGIS export to SVG to help other
colleagues (and ourselves !) switch to QGIS. We're aware that QGIS
has great possibilities to make maps, but for a lot of people
editing GIS output in vector graphic editors software like Adobe
Illustrator, Affinity Designer, or Inkscape is part of their
workflow.<br>
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<p>So this is an attempt to group multiple issues with text and SVG
export. Maybe this can help to see if these multiple bugs have the
same source ?<br>
</p>
<p>1. <b>Text gets exported as separated lines or separated letters
:</b> when exporting multi-line text, each line gets exported as
a distinct text element. When exporting curved label, each letter
gets exported as a distinct element as well. This is documented in
<a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/24369">issue 24639</a>.
There is also an older issue documenting an inverse problem when
importing into QGIS a SVG with multi-line text created in Inkscape
: <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/11856">issue 11856</a>.</p>
<p>2. <b>Wrong font size :</b> when setting a font size of 10pt in
QGIS for some text and exporting to SVG, and opening SVG in
Inkscape, Affinity Designer, or Adobe Illustrator, font size is
10.07747412 pt. This is documented in <a
href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/49761">issue 49761</a>.<br>
<br>
3. <b>Wrong font :</b> exported SVG do not always use correct
fonts, simple fonts are ok but more complicated one are not. This
is documented in <a
href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/47017">issue 47017</a>.<br>
<br>
4. <b>Wrong character :</b> minus character gets exported as a
dash, this is documented in <a
href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/44444">issue 44444</a>.
Perhaps other characters get exported wrongly as well ?<br>
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<p>As I understand it, these bugs are not QGIS-related but stem from
Qt. In the initial discussion in the french list, Régis Haubourg
and Julien Cabieces mentioned that KDAB could be a good
interlocutor for Qt developments (thanks again Régis and Julien
for your answers !).</p>
<p>Would this problem be eligible for a QGIS grant, even if this is
not a QGIS development ? Or do you have any idea how to have a go
at this ? We haven't found any funding source for now, but we keep
looking ! In the meantime having input from the QGIS community on
this would be valuable.<br>
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<p>Thanks a lot for your input ! Have a nice day,<br>
</p>
Julie & Nelly.
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