[Qgis-user] Print Composer vectoring texts

[Barend Köbben]

Hi,

Following up on earlier messages about unwanted rasterizing by the Print
Composer, as well as the question "what is missing in the Print Composer",
I recently found another, similar problem:

When using the new labelling engine, text is changed into vector paths.
Using the old labeling, and SVG output from the print composer, I ended up
with SVG text elements, and therefore text that is still editable (eg in
Illustrator), fonts can be changed, etc. Using the new engine, no matter
what settings I use, the text is beautifully placed, but useless for
further editing because its turned into paths. BTW, the PDF output has the
same problem, but that was already the case with the old labelling engine
also...

This is dissapointing, as the new labelling engine is so much better (and
I suppose you are planning to dismiss the old one in the future anyway),
but losing the editability is a real pain...

I am using QGIS 1.7 on a MacOSX Snow Leopard installation.

Yours,

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Barend Köbben (Senior Lecturer)
ITC - University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information
Science and Earth Observation
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On 07-06-11 07:24, "Paolo Cavallini" <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:

>On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:57:43 +0200, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
>wrote:
>> what features specifically in the print composer are missing?
>>
>> I often hear people complain about missing features in the print
>> composer, but I think that at the current trunk version it is already
>> quite powerful and maybe the people just aren't aware about some
>> functionality.
>
>Agreed. I also had people complaining about map composer being "not
>powerful enough", but when questioned, I never could get a list of missing
>features (apart from resizable, multicolumn legends, you're right).
>Please let us know what is still missing: the more accurate you are the
>more chances you have your request will be fulfilled.
>All the best.
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