An update to my situation, it might help others.

I tried to export using the same source file on different versions of Illustrator, (24, 23.1.1, 22.1, 20) but it didn't work, hyphenation turned on or off.

I then decided to create a new identical file from scratch, and surprise... it worked! No matter the version of Illustrator, and even with Hyphenation turned on, the text was correctly exported to <text> and not paths.
I should have tried this before I installed many versions of Ai, lesson learned!

I've stupidly overwritten the original file so I cannot attach it here for review.

Maybe the original file "remembered" that it wasn't supposed to work and somehow got corrupted.

A piece of the puzzle anyway!

Thanks Akshay for your concern, I'll see how it goes from here on!

@julien I've been facing this problem since a quite a while but tried to find some workarounds for the issue. If you want we can discuss this further. I would love to help. Let me know at theakshayagrawal@gmail.com

Hey Dirk Schule, the workaround isn't solving the problem. Illustrator 23.1.1 on macOS 10.14.3 still converts text into a path. It's solving the issue with some of the files but no all. Please look into it. Thanks. If you want a sample of the files that are giving inconsistent results. Let me know. Thanks.

Hello there. I also have this issue, but using Illustrator 2018 (22.1)

I had hopes the workaround you provided would fix it, but it didn't.

What's the status on this?

Thanks

Hi Akshay,

Thanks a lot for sending the file to us. We are currently reviewing the issue and will open a backlog item.

Greetings,
Dirk

@Dirk Schulze
No, Illustrator is converting just plain simple text that too 'lorem ipsum' into path while exporting.
While we aren't facing this problem in Illustrator 2018, Illustrator 2019 is being inconsistent into exporting the text.

I've mailed the illustrator file to sharewithai at adobe dot com, subject of the mail is Abode SVG check by Akshay Agrawal.

Hi Akshay,

Thanks a lot for reporting this issue. One way to share Illustrator files with us is by sending an email to sharewithai at adobe dot com.

Illustrator, currently, flattens text if it includes surrogates or emojis. Could that be the issue you see?

Greetings,
Dirk

Exporting SVG on Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.2 on MacOS 10.14.3 is giving inconsistent results in regards to text. I am trying to export a file as an SVG with Font option set to SVG. However, the SVG file exported has some texts converted to paths or outlines and some texts are preserved as texts, which is what is desired. I have also tried this under Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.1 on Windows 10 Home with same results. You can contact me for a sample file for you to test since your system doesn't support upload of .ai or .svg file.

Exporting SVG on Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.2 on MacOS 10.14.3 is giving inconsistent results in regards to text. I am trying to export a file as an SVG with Font option set to SVG. However, the SVG file exported has some texts converted to paths or outlines and some texts are preserved as texts, which is what is desired. We have also tried this under Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.1 on Windows 10 Home with same results. We have included a sample file for you to test.

Exporting SVG on Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.2 on MacOS 10.14.3 is giving inconsistent results in regards to text. I am trying to export a file as an SVG with Font option set to SVG. However, the SVG file exported has some texts converted to paths or outlines and some texts are preserved as texts, which is what is desired. We have also tried this under Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.1 on Windows 10 Home with same results. We have included a sample file for you to test.

Exporting SVG on Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.2 on MacOS 10.14.3 is giving inconsistent results in regards to text. I am trying to export a file as an SVG with Font option set to SVG. However, the SVG file exported has some texts converted to paths or outlines and some texts are preserved as texts, which is what is desired. We have also tried this under Illustrator CC 2019 23.0.1 on Windows 10 Home with same results. We have included a sample file for you to test.