SVG files from Python importing well in Inkscape, but not well in Affinity designer 2.2

[microbe17]

Hello,

I am trying to modify a figure I made using a Python script, and affinity designer does not open the svg file well. All the text is stacked. I am on windows 10. I saved my figure using plt.savefig('figure_name.svg', format='svg')

The problem is not the svg, as it is opening well in Inkscape.

Any solution ? 

[NathanC]

Welcome to the forums @microbe17,

We have had a similar issue reported in the past with stacked text on SVG's created with matplotlib which I believe is a plotting library for Python. Unfortunately i'm not aware of any workaround as the SVG is failing to parse text Designer, perhaps if you were to export it out of Inkscape to SVG and then import it into Designer it would then open as expected (Bit of a long round trip though unfortunately).

Could you send me a copy of the SVG so I can confirm it can be replicated and get it logged? I've included a private upload link below if needed.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/24Ixnnacmoq4DKRiHmhs

Many thanks

[v_kyr]

That's a longer time known issue and so far still one of the limitations of the Affinity SVG parser. - See related ...

... and so on !

[microbe17]

@NathanC thank you I uploaded my svg in the Dropbox.

I tried to import it in Inkscape, save it, then open it back in Designer and the problem was still there. 

[microbe17]

@v_kyr thank you ! I saw most of those before writting here, but I did not find a satisfying solution. I had some hope that since 2022 the problem would have been solved. 

[NathanC]

Hi @microbe17,

Thanks for sending over your file, I've now updated the existing issue that's logged with the developers.

[Thomas Haslwanter]

Probably the same problem, reduced to a very, very simple SVG file: The file/text is displayed correctly by MS Edge, but wrongly by Affinity Designer.

test2.svg

[v_kyr]

Yes, X-Positioning isn't interpreted & handled correctly here, thus everything is just overlapping.

test-vk.svg

[JJoh]

I would really like this issue to be fixed. Has there been any progress on this?

[oxphos]

I'd like to add to this as well - making scientific figures was the reason I bought the affinity suite for work, and this bug is really holding us back!

[ethan33]

This issue is still there. I'm satisfied with most things but not this one. They haven't been able to fix this simple issue over the past several years. If this is not a simple one, please tell us the progress on it at least.

This particular issue forces me back to AI and Powerpoint workflow due to the need to handle scientific figures.