Support SVG text-anchor styling on import
I often copy SVGs that I created with JavaScript (through D3.js) from a browser into Illustrator to continue working on it there. However, the text-anchor setting (left, middle or right aligned) does not come through and it is always left aligned, although the position might seem like it is middle or right aligned. Once you choose a different font or font-size, the mismatch between the original text align and what Illustrator has made of it becomes very apparent and can be quite the chore to adjust.
It would be great if Illustrator would properly handle the text-anchor style setting of any read in SVG :)
Nadieh
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Pierre Paquette
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Four years after being submitted, and still nothing has been done. Is it so difficult to program?
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Anon
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This should be a simple fix/addition.... just a property isn't that hard to code!! Not only apply to import, but export/save as also!
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Dmitry
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Here is a full description of a problem:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/export-svg-text-coordinates-bug-text-align-center-doesnt-export-to-svg/td-p/10756546 -
Gregory
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Also an issue reported by Wikipedia contributors: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Illustrator#Text_anchor_(alignment)
Would be great to have this fixed :-)