private void writeTextElement(IXMLElement parent, SVGTextFigure f) throws IOException { IXMLElement elem = parent.createElement("AREA"); Rectangle2D.Double rect = f.getBounds(); double grow = getPerpendicularHitGrowth(f); rect.x -= grow; rect.y -= grow; rect.width += grow; rect.height += grow; if (writeRectAttributes(elem, f, rect)) { parent.addChild(elem); } }