Inkscape doesn't recongnise well text created in ggplot

[Roey Angel]

Hi

I have issues with editing text of ggplots using Inkscape.
Saving the plot as PDF (e.g. using ggsave() or cairo_pdf()), Inkscape shows a wrong font name for the text and a warning sign (which I take it to mean that the font was unidentified).
The trouble is that if I try to change the font, the spaces between the letters are not preserved and words get uneven spacing between letters.

The result is that if I would like to change the text of some plots or the text properties I have to rewrite the text myself.

Saving as SVG causes text not be recognised as text and is therefore uneditable.

Has anyone encountered this before? Any solutions?

Thanks

[Jonas K]

Hi,

if you save the plot with the devSVG() function from the package RSvgDevice inkscape should recognise text as text. An then you can edit the text.

Best

[Roey Angel]

Works like a charm!
Thanks

[Roey Angel]

On a second thought using devSVG() seems to completely overrides font settings using theme_set() and convert all text to Sans, 13 regular, which is annoying in itself.

Is there a way for devSVG() to preserve the settings made in ggplot?

[Jonas K]

Unfortunately not, at least I am not aware of it.

I usually choose "Select all" under the "edit" tab (maybe the names are a little bit different, I don't know the english inkscape version) and then change the font.