[Qgis-user] [Solved] exporting text to Illustrator?

[Alex Mandel]

I wasn't crazy Larry did get the feature in the 2.4 release, it's just
obscure how to use it right now.

The setting is in the Labelling dialog in the "Advanced Placement Settings"
See http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/text-as-text_option.png

Uncheck - draw text as outlines

Now when you go to export SVG it will contain Text as Text.

For now the developers recommend you only toggle this option right
before exporting and that you recheck it after.

FYI, there is a weird grayed out box in the SVG export after you name
the file. Eventually it will do the same thing but you can decide
exactly at export.

Here's a video showing the procedure (sorry no mic so no audio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2j-o8XhoI4&feature=em-upload_owner

Enjoy,
Alex

On 09/19/2014 11:26 AM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> On 09/18/2014 11:24 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
>> On 09/18/2014 10:40 PM, Innisfree McKinnon wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm working on a map with a large number of labeled streets. I exported the
>>> map to Illustrator by saving as SVG. But the exported labels do not seem to
>>> have arrived as editable text. I have searched around on the web for a
>>> solution, but haven't found a solution. I saw this was a bug with the new
>>> labeling engine, but has it been solved? If not I will need to re-enter
>>> every label.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Innisfree
>>>
>>
>> The ticket in question is http://hub.qgis.org/issues/3975
>>
>> And previous attempt at a fix
>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/1096#issuecomment-39040544
>> and some more comments on a merge request.
>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/1286
>>
>> So yes looks the like bug is still open, but at the same time it looks
>> like the code is in, can't tell if 2.4 or if you need a nightly build.
>> It is also unclear if there is a dialog to set the export format or if
>> you have manually tweak the qgs project file.
>>
>> Larry is the one who will know.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>
> 
> Reading over it, I'm pretty sure the fix is in the Master version (aka
> development builds).
> 
> Looks like you can try it easily on Mac with no install (since you
> already have the frameworks)
> http://qgis.dakotacarto.com/
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
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