To anyone still confused by this, the workaround (at least in Ubuntu 14) is to simply not use any export option labeled "Cairo". Cairo simply doesn't handle text very well. If you need to export to PNG or SVG, use one of the PNG or SVG export option that's non-Cairo based. These worked perfectly for me.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to dia in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463078 Title: Dia export to Cairo PNG causes mangled text fonts Status in dia package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: dia Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 dia 0.97-2 dia-common 0.97-2 dia-libs 0.97-2 libcairo2 1.8.8-2ubuntu1 libfreetype6 2.3.9-5 libpango1.0-0 1.26.0-1 libpango1.0-common 1.26.0-1 Method to demonstrate: load the file "text.dia" then export to PNG using Cairo and export to PNG using Pixbuf -- the character layout has a strange gap in the Cairo output. Note that output PNG files are also attached to this bug report, and this problem happens with various other more complex dia outputs as well as this simple example. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dia/+bug/463078/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
