[Qgis-user] Exporting editable type

[Tobias Schula]

On Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 16:03:26 CEST Kobben, Barend (UT-ITC) via QGIS-User 
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)....

For me it only works reliable, when exporting the labels completely plain. I 
leave everything in the labeling settings in its standard configuration, don't 
add any buffer, mask or transformation, then in the PDF export every label 
gets exported as text object.

I also don't have any special blending or transparencies activated in maps 
that I want to process further in Inkscape, since these options would often 
force a rasterisation. If you want to process your maps in a graphics program, 
do as little graphics design in QGIS as possible. I also often have to export 
several layers separately, because both the PDF and the SVG export are messed 
up when importing in Inkscape.

Best regards
-- 
Tobias A Schula
Forestry Expert

geospatial at schula.org