+1 bump to Zenith22's request.
I just exported a design to SVG, but the text portions are totally wrong because the SVG file didn't preserve the font. So now, this design is unfortunately totally useless, and I have to move to another app to redesign it. Otherwise, the SVG engine was sooo close to being solid. I'd almost argue that if fonts aren't preserved, then the SVG export option was prematurely released- I'm not trying to be negative, I'm saying that a core requirement of SVG export is text appearing correctly. Otherwise, others and I will probably just entirely skip Pixelmator for designs that require SVG export (which would be a bummer because I really love this app). Yes Pixelmator isn't primarily/originally a vector-based app, but if there's going to be some SVG support, at least support one of the most basic functions. Pretty please.
For anyone dealing with the same issue, one workaround is to convert everything to shapes. It worked for me, although created a HUGE SVG file, but at least it's something. So incidentally, Pixelmator already has the functionality to address Zenith22's first request, ie the Pixelmator team could just add a stage of "convert to shapes" when exporting to SVG (and hopefully figure out how to get the file size back down to Earth). Maybe there are better ways of doing it, but at least that's a bandaid solution for now, vs relegating this to a forgotten area of the feature request pile.
I just exported a design to SVG, but the text portions are totally wrong because the SVG file didn't preserve the font. So now, this design is unfortunately totally useless, and I have to move to another app to redesign it. Otherwise, the SVG engine was sooo close to being solid. I'd almost argue that if fonts aren't preserved, then the SVG export option was prematurely released- I'm not trying to be negative, I'm saying that a core requirement of SVG export is text appearing correctly. Otherwise, others and I will probably just entirely skip Pixelmator for designs that require SVG export (which would be a bummer because I really love this app). Yes Pixelmator isn't primarily/originally a vector-based app, but if there's going to be some SVG support, at least support one of the most basic functions. Pretty please.
For anyone dealing with the same issue, one workaround is to convert everything to shapes. It worked for me, although created a HUGE SVG file, but at least it's something. So incidentally, Pixelmator already has the functionality to address Zenith22's first request, ie the Pixelmator team could just add a stage of "convert to shapes" when exporting to SVG (and hopefully figure out how to get the file size back down to Earth). Maybe there are better ways of doing it, but at least that's a bandaid solution for now, vs relegating this to a forgotten area of the feature request pile.
Statistics: Posted by seenastyle — Today 03:47:18