I have some design files which I need to export to svg. Even when the Font flag as set to "svg", rather then "convert to outlines", I find that AI does not consistently export text elements as svg text and will often "squash" text into a paths, which is unnacceptable for our puporses. In our case, it's more important that the text be preserved than it is for it to be pixel-perfect. I have fiddled with the font setting, hoping that by removing type-treatment, I would make some progress but so far, even the default fonts like Times New Roman, exhibit this mis-behavior.
![Screen Shot 2022-04-04 at 2.15.11 PM.png Screen Shot 2022-04-04 at 2.15.11 PM.png](https://community.adobe.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/384272i24ADC98C129C8187/image-size/small/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&px=200)
Note that I have already found this setting and it does not appear to work as I expect.
![Screen Shot 2022-04-04 at 2.15.35 PM.png Screen Shot 2022-04-04 at 2.15.35 PM.png](https://community.adobe.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/384273i666FCA1DC2287344/image-size/small/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&px=200)
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This is an example of improper output. The text as been "squashed" into paths.