pixelated text on copying.

[cyberlizard]

please can someone explain something to me simply.

If I create bit of text and then copy it into another program be it Inkscape or MS Word it comes over in a non-vector format and is thus grainy when enlarged.  Converting the text to paths makes no difference either.

What am I missing or is Designer deficient in the way it copies data, because the same problem does not exist going from Inkscape into designer or Word.

Help please.  It's blowing my mind.   I cannot continue to use two packages for what should be a straightforward task.  I love Designers interface but Inkscape seems the better package all around at this point.

Help, help, help.

[Old Bruce]

Is there any sort of effects on the "bit of text"? Some of these might need to have the text rasterized.

You could try enlarging the "bit of text" so that it is much larger than you need in Inkscape or MS Word then you could shrink it instead of enlarging it.

[cyberlizard]

On 2/16/2022 at 10:56 PM, Old Bruce said:

Is there any sort of effects on the "bit of text"? Some of these might need to have the text rasterized.

You could try enlarging the "bit of text" so that it is much larger than you need in Inkscape or MS Word then you could shrink it instead of enlarging it.

that kind of makes a mockery of using a vector drawing system which should provide for resolution independent graphics.

but no, nothing fancy, just text.

[cyberlizard]

does the same with graphics as well.   it seems that when you copy to the clipboard something to the clipboard in Designer and say a fingerprint from the assets and copy it and paste it into the same document you can  resize it properly as you would expect from vector artwork (no pixelisation, no loss of quality... a proper vector), though if  you copy it from Designer into another app such inkscape or something else, it does not get copied over as a vector but a bitmap.

 

give it a try.

[Old Bruce]

Are you copying the text by selecting the text frame? Or are you copying it by selecting the text with the text caret? Finally are you using Windows or Mac OS?

[Wosven]

In the general preferences, try using "Copy as SVG".

[cyberlizard]

13 minutes ago, Wosven said:

In the general preferences, try using "Copy as SVG".

you are a genius.... why on earth is that not enabled by default.

 

[Wosven]

7 hours ago, cyberlizard said:

not enabled by default.

In some instances, pasting with it enabled add bugs... So remember it, it can be useful

[cyberlizard]

they should modify the Edit menu and right click context menu to include both Copy and Copy as SVG.  Easy win.