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I'm new to QGIS and Maperitive. I wondered if there was a way to export all road /street names for a particular area as editable text in Illustrator (SVG)?

I have tried using Maperitive but for some reason when I export to SVG most of the words that I can see when zoomed in in Maperitive are either lost or missing letters.

Is there perhaps a mrules I could use that doesnt lose all the words?

Maybe there is a way to do this is QGIS with a particular plugin or layer?

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    QGIS 3.10.x exports PDF from the map composer which contain text as vector data.
    – Erik
    Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 10:03
  • Besides exporting to a PDF you can also export your map to an SVG, which also contains the text as vector data.
    – gHupf
    Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 10:12
  • As per the tour there should be only one question asked per question.
    – PolyGeo ♦
    Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 10:49
  • Thank you all! I have tried to export as vector layer using map composer however it is still rasterised. Is there particular plugin / layer I should be downloading to create vectorised and editable text? Thanks again
    – Oli Sard
    Commented Jan 28, 2020 at 11:38
  • By doing a bit of research I discovered that by double clicking the road layer (from OS Open Map - Local ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html) I can access labels. Here I could change the font and size
    – Oli Sard
    Commented Jan 28, 2020 at 14:46

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You could do it by checking 'Export text as objects' while exporting to an SVG.

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  • However this may bring other problems. This seemed to be my solution, but for some it includes parts of image outside map composer when exporting as SVG.
    – Beardsley
    Commented Jun 27, 2021 at 4:09

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