

Technical explanation : The and draw.io editor uses foreign objects ( foreignObject) in the SVG data to allow complex HTML labels on shapes.įor example, in the following diagram, some of the shapes have bold and italic words in the label text - they use formatted text.Įxport to SVG with different text settings The warning that Text is not SVG - cannot display isn’t actual SVG, so SVG editors cannot display it.

Simple explanation : The exported SVG is only designed to be displayed in web pages, we didn’t design the output to be editable in SVG editors. When you look at a diagram exported to an SVG image in IE or some SVG editors, the text may not display correctly. Why text in exported SVG images may not display correctly
