We need a new text tool. The first step is requirements gathering.
**Existing Bugs**
Here's the list of existing text tool bugs:
346799 Artistic text tool does not support cut, copy and paste.
343025 UI Flickering using pen tablet to edit Multiline text in Ubuntu 14.04 Unity
342223 Multiline Text Background Colour Transparency isn't saved properly
306181 Multiple issues with the multiline text shape
350782 Doesn't support Writing using Arabic text
**Requirements**
* paragraphs (but not pages)
* right-to-left, left-to-right, top-to-bottom script layout: support for western scripts, semitic scripts and chinese/japanese. Mongolian, probably not so much.
* fill irregular shapes (balloons and boxes)
* styles: bold, italic, fonts
* compatible with inkscape (svg)
* can be put on a path
* easily translatable using scripts that work on .kra files
* can be baked/rendered from a .kra file
**Not Requirements**
* On canvas editing. Creating the text in an editor popup should be fine.
* OpenDocument support
**Design**
* File format: SVG, for inkscape compatibility. Does that support RTL, TTB scripts?