Comment 4 for bug 462949

Thank you for you explanation.

I created svg file with v0.46 and exported it to pdf file with v0.47pre4.
When export it to pdf file with v0.46, inkscape exports it almost
perfectly except blur (exporting ignores blur).
But v0.47pre3 and v0.47pre3 do not export correctly my file.
In my opinion, the way of pdf export used in v0.46 looks much better
than that of v0.47pre unless this pdf export bug is not fixed.

Thank you.

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:34 PM, ~suv <email address hidden> wrote:
> The issue with using 'text to path' is known and a duplicate of bug
> #388257. You can try the workaround and use 'Path > Object to Path' for
> all texts before exporting to PDF, just don't save the SVG after the
> text is converted if you want to keep the text editable.
>
> I can't reproduce the transparency of the light blue rectangle and the
> main 'Flowed text' objects I see in the PDF (using Apple's 'Preview' PDF
> viewer) with Inkscape 0.46+devel r22544 on OS X 10.5.8 using default PDF
> export settings. All text has the same color as in Inkscape (white,
> black) and the light blue background has no opacity in the new PDF.
>
> I don't have your fonts installed though, but I have seen similar issues
> when text objects have been clipped (bug #446242 “Font rendering problem
> after converting fonts to paths at PDF export”:
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/446242>) and your SVG file has
> many now unused clipping paths in the <defs> section - maybe these are
> related issues.
>
> The SVG file was created with 0.46 - which version did you use to export
> the PDF (see menu 'Help > About Inkscape' for version info)?
>
> --
> "Save as a pdf file" has serious bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462949
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>
> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: New
>
> Bug description:
> I tried to save my svg file as a pdf file.
> I have the following serious bug.
> (1) Resulting pdf file is very far from the original artwork. In particular, there seems to be a serious problem in object ordering.
>     Transparency is not correctly converted, either.
> (2) Converting time was too long with text2path on, not like v4.6
> (3) File size of resulting pdf file is also too large.
>