Ah okay, thanks. I was not aware of this issue. Maybe we still leave this thread open for visibility?
It really seems Cairo-related, since as far as I know, both Plots.jl and matplotlib use different backends to export to svg. Matplotlib can also use Cairo, but I don’t know whether it is possible to export text as text in that case.
It’s a pity because of all the various plotting libraries I like Makie the most. But it’s not really a make or break issue for me.