[Qgis-user] Exporting editable type

[Emma Hain]

Hi Joe

If these labels are curved, they will always be individual letters.
However, the others should work as you expect.

Kind regards
Em

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On Tue, 6 May 2025 at 17:52, Kobben, Barend (UT-ITC) via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Sure, but that in almost all cases renders labels not as text strings (1
> string for every label), but as text characters (1 character for every
> letter in a label)....
>
>
>
> --
>
> Barend Köbben
>
>
>
> On 06/05/2025, 09:20, "DelazJ" <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
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> Hi,
> While exporting, try with selecting the "Text export" option as "Always
> render labels as text"
> <
> https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/create_output.html#export-as-pdf>
> which points to
> <
> https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#render-labels-text
> >.
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
>
>
> Le 6 mai 2025 07:55:50 GMT+02:00, "Kobben, Barend (UT-ITC) via QGIS-User" <
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :
>
> That has been a long-standing complaint of mine (once filed a bug 3975
> <https://issues.qgis.org/issues/3975> of which this was part). It’s now
> declared closed, but it still is not in my opinion, and I always use SVG
> export to achieve fulley editable text labels....
>
>
>
> --
>
> Barend Köbben
>
>
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> On 05/05/2025, 23:21, "QGIS-User" <qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> wrote:
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>
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> When I export maps to pdf , I need the labels to be editable and not
> broken up into individual letters. Is this possible?
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Joe LeMonnier
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