diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/draftfunctions/svgtext.py b/src/Mod/Draft/draftfunctions/svgtext.py
index c696496f7d..f661be6335 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/draftfunctions/svgtext.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/draftfunctions/svgtext.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import math
 
 import FreeCAD as App
+import DraftVecUtils
 import draftutils.utils as utils
 
 ## \addtogroup draftfunctions
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ def _get_text_techdraw(text, tcolor, fontsize, anchor,
     """
     svg = ""
     for i in range(len(text)):
+        delta = App.Vector(0, -i * linespacing, 0)
+        point = base + DraftVecUtils.rotate(delta, angle)
+
         _t = text[i].replace("&", "&")
         _t = _t.replace("<", "&lt;")
         t = _t.replace(">", "&gt;")
@@ -60,10 +64,10 @@ def _get_text_techdraw(text, tcolor, fontsize, anchor,
         svg += 'font-family:{}" '.format(fontname)
         svg += 'transform="'
         svg += 'rotate({},{},{}) '.format(math.degrees(angle),
-                                          base.x,
-                                          base.y - i * linespacing)
-        svg += 'translate({},{}) '.format(base.x,
-                                          base.y - i * linespacing)
+                                          point.x,
+                                          point.y)
+        svg += 'translate({},{}) '.format(point.x,
+                                          point.y)
         svg += 'scale(1,-1)"'
         # svg += 'freecad:skip="1"'
         svg += '>\n'