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Text placement in text boxes

Asked by Steve Ylvisaker

When I flow text into a text box the text that I key extends above the text box. Is there a setting that I am missing that would cause the text to align with the top of the box or is this just the way it is.

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mahfiaz (mahfiaz) said : 		#1

The horizontal position for text is calculated by text height values specified in font and/or linespacing values below 100%. Try using some other font or bigger linespacing.
As a hack you try Alt + Arrowkeys when cursor is in the beginning of the line to add kerning.

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Steve Ylvisaker (sylvisaker) said : 		#2

Mahfiaz - thanks for the hack but Alt + Arrowkeys made had no impact on the placement of my text in the text box. I guess I just need to know that there is a reason why text flows above the text box so that I can write it up as a known problem or known "feature". Is this really the way text is intended to appear when flown in a text box?

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mahfiaz (mahfiaz) said : 		#3

What version of Inkscape you use?
Does it happen with all or some of the fonts?
Can you reproduce it with simple steps on a clean document?

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