Illustrator and SVG export

[steve stout]

I have a simple question for those of you that use Adobe Illustrator to
export SVG files. Is there a way to make it not create so many <tspan>
tags when dealing with text?

I get output like this...

<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:</tspan><tspan x="15.336" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="25.607" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan><tspan x="47.254" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">-</tspan><tspan
x="53.494" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">9:</tspan><tspan x="68.83" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="79.101" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan>

... when all I would really like is this...

<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:30a-9:30a</tspan>

Yes, I have all of the text in one text box in Illustrator, so that's
not the problem.

Thanks!

.steve

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Steve!

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to change that behaviour.

It is because Illustrator wants to accurately export text with kerning. Since
SVG currently (at least not with SVG fonts) supports kerning, they use the
<tspan> with deltax values.

There is one ugly workaround: use a proportional font in Illustrator (such as
Courier) and you won't get the tspans. Later open the file in text-editor and
change the font ... not very nice, but works.

Andreas

PS: you may also contact the Adobe Illustrator team and ask them for an export
option to export text without kerning ...

Post by steve stout
I have a simple question for those of you that use Adobe Illustrator to
export SVG files. Is there a way to make it not create so many <tspan>
tags when dealing with text?
I get output like this...
<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:</tspan><tspan x="15.336" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="25.607" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan><tspan x="47.254" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">-</tspan><tspan
x="53.494" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">9:</tspan><tspan x="68.83" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="79.101" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan>
... when all I would really like is this...
<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:30a-9:30a</tspan>
Yes, I have all of the text in one text box in Illustrator, so that's
not the problem.
Thanks!
.steve
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[ananth balasubramanyam]

I had the same issue. What i did was select the text in AI and set
auto-kerning property to 0. this works.

Post by steve stout
I have a simple question for those of you that use Adobe Illustrator to
export SVG files. Is there a way to make it not create so many <tspan>
tags when dealing with text?
I get output like this...
<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:</tspan><tspan x="15.336" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="25.607" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan><tspan x="47.254" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">-</tspan><tspan
x="53.494" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">9:</tspan><tspan x="68.83" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book'; font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="79.101" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan>
... when all I would really like is this...
<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:30a-9:30a</tspan>
Yes, I have all of the text in one text box in Illustrator, so that's
not the problem.
Thanks!
.steve
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[steve stout]

Awesome... that worked! Thanks!


.steve

Post by ananth balasubramanyam
I had the same issue. What i did was select the text in AI and set
auto-kerning property to 0. this works.

Post by steve stout
I have a simple question for those of you that use Adobe Illustrator to
export SVG files. Is there a way to make it not create so many <tspan>
tags when dealing with text?
I get output like this...
<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:</tspan><tspan x="15.336" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="25.607" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan><tspan x="47.254" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">-</tspan><tspan
x="53.494" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">9:</tspan><tspan x="68.83" y="28.8"
style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">3</tspan><tspan
x="79.101" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">0a</tspan>
... when all I would really like is this...
<tspan x="0" y="28.8" style="font-family:'BaileySansITC-Book';
font-size:24;">7:30a-9:30a</tspan>
Yes, I have all of the text in one text box in Illustrator, so that's
not the problem.
Thanks!
.steve
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