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PDF export adds line break and hyphenation when XCF file has text in layers

Environment/Versions

  • GIMP version: 2.10.22
  • Package: gimp-2.10.22-4 (debian package)
  • Operating System: Debian 11.6 (bullseye)

Can't test with a newer gimp, sorry. My setup is client/server X11 run over a lan, which, I believe is not supported until at least flatpak 1.14. I looked into building from source, but there are too many newer dependencies. And you don't seem to have a statically linked binary.

Description of the bug

Text in the original xcf, in a layer, is:

NARRATIVE
OF THE
LIFE

Text in the exported PDF is:

NARRATIV-
E
OF THE
LIFE

Note extra hyphen and newline.

To prevent the insertion of the hyphen and extra newline, flatten all layers before exporting.

Reproduction

Is the bug reproducible? Always

Reproduction steps:

  1. Download xcf file from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/E-book_download_poster_NARRATIVE_OF_THE_LIFE_OF_FREDERICK_DOUGLASS%2C_GIMP_source.xcf
  2. Choose File->Export As...
  3. Change file name suffix to "pdf" and export.

Expected result:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/E-book_download_poster_NARRATIVE_OF_THE_LIFE_OF_FREDERICK_DOUGLASS.pdf

Actual result:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/b/bc/20230308010120%21E-book_download_poster_NARRATIVE_OF_THE_LIFE_OF_FREDERICK_DOUGLASS.pdf

Additional information

(per above) Flattening all layers before export produces the expected result

Note that exported PDF is US-Letter.

Possible related issues: #7092, #2294