Export <text> inside SVG will result in weird extra <text> elements

[mvaneijgen]

I'm creating this graph which I want to be indexalbe via Google so I need to use <text> elements inside my SVG (so I can't convert them to paths), but while exporting to SVG Affinity is creating weird <text> elements some of which only have one letter. How could I fix or prevent this, without manually fixing my SVG afterwards?

<text x="445.224px" y="281.209px" style="font-family:'MyriadPro-Bold', 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:8px;fill:#000516;">P</text>
<text x="449.672px" y="281.209px" style="font-family:'MyriadPro-Bold', 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:8px;fill:#000516;">ost Surgical</text>
<text x="464.054px" y="289.209px" style="font-family:'MyriadPro-Bold', 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:8px;fill:#000516;">C</text>
<text x="468.664px" y="289.209px" style="font-family:'MyriadPro-Bold', 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:8px;fill:#000516;">onsult</text>

I would think that it would create two <text> elements one with `Post surgical` and one `Consult` not have the first letter of each word in its own <text> element. I Know MyriadPro is not a web font and I will convert this when I know what web font I will be using.

[Callum]

Hi Mvaneijgen,

Welcome to the forums

This is certainly odd behaviour if possible could you provide the affinity file in question?

Thanks

Callum

 

[mvaneijgen]

@Callum I think I've found the culprit, there were some really weird characters within the text (I'd copied them from some where else) when I just typed them in within Affinity they seemed fine and others had a negative letter spacing, which resulted in <t-span> elements. 

I could surely still share the file, but think it is not necessary any more, hope this will help others who search for the same issue.