Hi Joe If these labels are curved, they will always be individual letters. However, the others should work as you expect.
Kind regards Em Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst [email protected] [image: https://north-road.com] *North Road* Cartography • Development • Spatial Analysis ------------------------------ *north-road.com* <http://north-road.com> <https://twitter.com/northroadgeo> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/north-road-studios> <https://www.facebook.com/North-Road-997236690392419/home> QGIS User Conference 2025 <https://uc2025.qgis.org/> 2-3 June, Norrköping, Sweden FOSS4G 2025 <https://2025.foss4g.org/> 17-23 November, Auckland, New Zealand On Tue, 6 May 2025 at 17:52, Kobben, Barend (UT-ITC) via QGIS-User < [email protected]> wrote: > Sure, but that in almost all cases renders labels not as text strings (1 > string for every label), but as text characters (1 character for every > letter in a label).... > > > > -- > > Barend Köbben > > > > On 06/05/2025, 09:20, "DelazJ" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > While exporting, try with selecting the "Text export" option as "Always > render labels as text" > < > https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/create_output.html#export-as-pdf> > which points to > < > https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#render-labels-text > >. > > Regards, > Harrissou > > > > Le 6 mai 2025 07:55:50 GMT+02:00, "Kobben, Barend (UT-ITC) via QGIS-User" < > [email protected]> a écrit : > > That has been a long-standing complaint of mine (once filed a bug 3975 > <https://issues.qgis.org/issues/3975> of which this was part). It’s now > declared closed, but it still is not in my opinion, and I always use SVG > export to achieve fulley editable text labels.... > > > > -- > > Barend Köbben > > > > On 05/05/2025, 23:21, "QGIS-User" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > When I export maps to pdf , I need the labels to be editable and not > broken up into individual letters. Is this possible? > Thanks in advance, > > > Joe LeMonnier > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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