This tip solve three problems :
To distribute an
SVG file containing text, you should generally limit yourself to “web-safe” fonts, assuming they are installed on a majority of computers.
With Firefox 3.6 et 4.0 beta, text areas with several lines aren't always correctly rendered.
If a document contain a lot of text, rendering is much longer, and animation may become jerky.
In Inkscape, the “convert to path” function (available in the “Path” menu or using the keyboard shortcut “Shift-Ctrl-C”) transforms any element to a path. Applied to a text, it will :
guarantee good text rendering on every computer where your document will be displayed.
improve text rendering speed, resulting in smoother animations.
But this function has two drawbacks :
If your document contains a lot of text, the
SVG file size will increase significantly.
Once converted to a path, a text element is not editable any more. So, it is useful to keep two versions of your document: the original version with editable text, and a converted version for viewing.
