text error in SVG format

fishy21 · 20-01-2014 2:29pm #1

I currently design some logos in idraw. Its a vector based drawing tool similar to AI at a fraction of the price. It has some really great features.

Recently I designed a logo for a client and sent it by email. I sent it in PNG, JPEG and SVG. I advised them to use SVG for vehicle graphics.
the png and jpeg are perfect but the SVG is showing the text twice. one in the colours i made it in and the second in the background in black. The text has gradient and drop shadows.
I have tried converting to EPS and it still doesnt fix it.

Any help appreciated.

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ChRoMe · 20-01-2014 2:35pm

fishy21 wrote: »

I currently design some logos in idraw. Its a vector based drawing tool similar to AI at a fraction of the price. It has some really great features.

Recently I designed a logo for a client and sent it by email. I sent it in PNG, JPEG and SVG. I advised them to use SVG for vehicle graphics.
the png and jpeg are perfect but the SVG is showing the text twice. one in the colours i made it in and the second in the background in black. The text has gradient and drop shadows.
I have tried converting to EPS and it still doesnt fix it.

Any help appreciated.

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This thread would probably do a lot better in the design forum

CreepingDeath · 20-01-2014 2:58pm

fishy21 wrote: »

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That's just a PNG of the SVG output.

SVG is an XML file format.
Can you not attach/post that ?

I thought it was a shadow effect, but the black text has a lower case "e", while the foreground text has an upper case "E".

Ps. the logo looks like an elderly hiker with a walking stick.
Can you not put spray droplets coming out of the spray gun and
maybe a hose section connecting it to the back?

fishy21 · 20-01-2014 3:22pm

yes i just converted it to a png so i could put it up on the forum.

It messed up the design but you get what i mean with the text showing in the back. Its very strange.

Is it something to do with SVG format and the gradients/shadows?

I dont have the ability to draw in an EPS file which would be better.

CreepingDeath · 20-01-2014 4:30pm

If it was a shadow effect I'd expect the shadows to match the text.
But it doesn't, there's a mismatch of lower and upper case letters.

Open up the SVG file as a text file and perform a case insensitive search for "pest".

If you only find one match, then I'd suspect the SVG renderer is at fault.

If you find a match for both "PEST" and "Pest" (case sensitive), then either you typed it in twice when designing the logo or your editor might have a bug in it when trying to create simple shadow effects.

PrzemoF · 20-01-2014 4:49pm

OP, where the SVG is showing text twice? I mean I see it in the attached image, but does it show in the idraw as well?
Have you tried inkscape?
http://www.inkscape.org/en/

fishy21 · 20-01-2014 5:02pm

PrzemoF wrote: »

OP, where the SVG is showing text twice? I mean I see it in the attached image, but does it show in the idraw as well?
Have you tried inkscape?
http://www.inkscape.org/en/

thanks for your replies.

no, in idraw all is normal until you export it. then the text shoes at the back as well.

I havent tried inkscape yet. I was doing research on whether to use AI or Inkscape. What is this i hear about CMYK on inscape? you need this setup for print design? Does inkscape support this, or is it just RGB.

Regards

PrzemoF · 20-01-2014 5:24pm

OK, so the exported SVG is broken? Have you tried i.e. firefox to see how it renders the SVG? Can you strip the green man and upload it here, so we can have a look?

Inkscape supports CMYK, but that depends what you need (printing directly from inkscape won't work). More here:
http://codewideopen.blogspot.ie/2010/10/inkscape-does-support-cmyk.html
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/getting-cmyk-colors-from-inkscape-to-scribus

Scribus is another piece of FLOSS software: http://scribus.net/canvas/Scribus

oscarBravo · 20-01-2014 5:34pm

fishy21 wrote: »

I havent tried inkscape yet. I was doing research on whether to use AI or Inkscape. What is this i hear about CMYK on inscape? you need this setup for print design? Does inkscape support this, or is it just RGB.

http://codewideopen.blogspot.ie/2010/10/inkscape-does-support-cmyk.html

fishy21 · 20-01-2014 7:58pm

thanks for the links. very helpful.

I can't upload to here for everyone to see. I need the file with an internet link but photobucket wont take SVG format.

any ideas?

brianwalshcork · 20-01-2014 8:18pm

Dropbox, and post a public link

fishy21 · 20-01-2014 9:22pm

i thought i sorted it by changing the font because the font i was using was downloading from font squirel.

but then i used a different text again and you can still see it but its not as bad.

heres a link to how it looked with the downloaded font.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0ms0gj37nh4z0d/Untitled%2012.svg

oscarBravo · 21-01-2014 12:41am

I opened it in Inkscape. Each word consists of three paths (the outline, the gradient fill and the shadow) and a separate text object (the unwanted lowercase part). Looks like idraw is frigging something up.

fishy21 · 21-01-2014 10:12am

oscarBravo wrote: »

I opened it in Inkscape. Each word consists of three paths (the outline, the gradient fill and the shadow) and a separate text object (the unwanted lowercase part). Looks like idraw is frigging something up.

thanks for doing that. Yeah it looks like its an idraw/text problem when exporting to SVG. It happens with some font but not with all.

Anybody have an idea whats the best format for signwriting on vehicles?
I presume EPS. But would SVG or PDF not do?

Regards

PrzemoF · 21-01-2014 10:55am

Same in firefox - looks like idraw export is broken.

text error in SVG format

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