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I have a bunch of SVG files that were created by MagicDraw. In these files, I have several font definitions, e.g.,

<text x="152" space="preserve" font-size="11" y="376.958"
   clip-path="url(#clipPath2)" stroke="none">
   MyClassName</text>

So it is clearly defined that the font size should be 11px. However, when I open the file in Illustrator CS6, the font size is now 8,25. How can I fix this?

Thank you!

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    Have you tried adding the units in? i.e.: font-size="11pt" or compared with a file that works to see what might be different?
    – curious ♦
    Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 12:13
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    Another place to look - are there any elements or groups the text is in that have a transform? Could be, it's reading the size as 11, then scaling it by 75% because of something elsewhere
    – user56reinstatemonica8
    Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 14:29
  • @Emilie I opened the file with the text editor and added the units, but same result.
    – strauberry
    Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 15:24
  • have you tried selecting the right unit of measure when you are creating the new file in illustrator? maybe that's why it's not working, since from what I read here: w3.org/TR/SVG/text.html#FontSizeProperty the font-size seems to inherit the unit of the file it's pasted (if I understood correctly)
    – tomtomtom
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 10:43
  • strauberry: How about adding a link to an example SVG that has this problem? Or, making the simplest possible SVG that has this problem, then posting the code in your question?
    – user56reinstatemonica8
    Commented Jun 23, 2014 at 10:18

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11px equates to roughly 8.25pt - I reckon you've got your Illustrator Units set to pt but expecting it to read the px value.

To change the units Illustrator uses for type go the Edit Menu > Preferences > Units and changed the Type dropdown to Pixels.

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  • Or just change the number in the svg file.
    – Daniel
    Commented Jun 23, 2014 at 14:22
  • That's definitely an option, although it probably makes more sense to work with a single unit of measure where possible, it saves having to do annoying conversions!
    – Jackson Hyde
    Commented Jun 23, 2014 at 14:23

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