AFAIU the command 'Remove manual kerns' can work on <text> and <tspan> elements only: please read the 'Text editing Tips' in the section 'PDF and AI import' of the release notes for Insckape 0.46: <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.46#PDF_and_AI_import>
It also explains why text in imported PDF always uses absolutely kerning to position each letter (AFAIU the kerning information of fonts is not saved inside PDFs with embedded and subsetted fonts). To me it seems that the underlying issue of this report is actually Inkscape's missing feature to edit absolutely kerned text: Bug #188794 “Broken editing of text with absolute kerning” <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/188794> ** Tags added: importing pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903578 Title: 'Remove manual kerns' messes up the text locations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/903578/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
