'Scale elements' (0.92): flowed text in imported PDFs is vertically flipped
Bug #1654342 reported by
jmeidal
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
0.92.x |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
the attached file opens file in 0.91, but when opened in 0.92 (Win64) the text is flipped/mirrored. I have opened other files in which I don't see this issue however.
I recognize there are some old bugs which report flipped text on a path, but not sure this is the same...
Changed in inkscape: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
milestone: | none → 0.92.1 |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in inkscape: | |
milestone: | 0.92.1 → 0.93 |
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Nothing specific to Inkscape 0.92 here (same happens expectedly with older Inkscape versions, too; tested and reproduced with 0.91 and 0.48.5).
Based on the transformation of the main (and only) layer group:
transform= "matrix( 1.25,0, 0,-1.25, 0,190.62883) "
this template originates from a PDF import (which scales and flips the top-level layer containing the data imported from the PDF, due to internal differences of the coordinate systems used in SVG and PDF).
The underlying issue is already tracked e.g. in /bugs.launchpad .net/inkscape/ +bug/938558
* Bug #938558 “Text on path mirrored / backwards (inside flipped group or layer)”
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User tips:
I would recommend to start on a newly added layer when drawing new content in Inkscape to a document which was converted from a foreign vector format - this will allow to avoid such inherent issues (the behavior is technically speaking not wrong, just not easy to understand for users).
Cleaning up this document (see menu 'File') might not be a bad idea either, there's lots of cruft in the <defs> section in this "template" ('File > Clean up Document' removes 519 unused definitions).