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- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:12:30 +0000 (GMT)
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ISSUE-2289 (flip_invariant_text): Consider adding a way of specifying flip-invariant text [SVG Core 2.0] http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/track/issues/2289 Raised by: Erik Dahlström On product: SVG Core 2.0 >From http://www.w3.org/mid/4A5267B3.70903@multigig.com: > I got stumped looking for a way to specify flip-invariant text. This > appears to be an oversight in the SVG definition. If I define a symbol > or other re-usable object containing text, and then use that object > with the transform "scale=(-1,1)", then the text will render backwards. > There should be a way to declare text to always read in the declared > orientation (e.g., left-to-right). The correct way to do this is to > compute the bounding box of the text based on the text scale, rotation, > justification, etc., using the innermost transformation matrix, then > flip and rotate the text within that bounding box such that it is > rendered left-to-right and has an angle of -90 to 90 degrees.
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