microbe17 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted September 29, 2023 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 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 ! Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbe17 Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 @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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbe17 Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 @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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted October 9, 2023 Staff Share Posted October 9, 2023 Hi @microbe17, Thanks for sending over your file, I've now updated the existing issue that's logged with the developers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Haslwanter Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Yes, X-Positioning isn't interpreted & handled correctly here, thus everything is just overlapping. test-vk.svg Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJoh Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I would really like this issue to be fixed. Has there been any progress on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxphos Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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