3 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/elements/Element.js b/src/elements/Element.js
index 61db7b7..7a563d6 100644
--- a/src/elements/Element.js
+++ b/src/elements/Element.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from '../utils/adopter.js'
 import { globals } from '../utils/window.js'
 import { point } from '../types/Point.js'
-import { proportionalSize } from '../utils/utils.js'
+import { proportionalSize, writeDataToDom } from '../utils/utils.js'
 import { reference } from '../modules/core/regex.js'
 import Dom from './Dom.js'
 import List from '../types/List.js'
@@ -151,13 +151,7 @@ export default class Element extends Dom {
 
   // write svgjs data to the dom
   writeDataToDom() {
-    // remove previously set data
-    this.node.removeAttribute('svgjs:data')
-
-    if (Object.keys(this.dom).length) {
-      this.node.setAttribute('svgjs:data', JSON.stringify(this.dom)) // see #428
-    }
-
+    writeDataToDom(this, this.dom)
     return super.writeDataToDom()
   }
 
diff --git a/src/elements/Text.js b/src/elements/Text.js
index 0c5815d..c703e3b 100644
--- a/src/elements/Text.js
+++ b/src/elements/Text.js
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ import SVGNumber from '../types/SVGNumber.js'
 import Shape from './Shape.js'
 import { globals } from '../utils/window.js'
 import * as textable from '../modules/core/textable.js'
-import { isDescriptive } from '../utils/utils.js'
+import { isDescriptive, writeDataToDom } from '../utils/utils.js'
 
 export default class Text extends Shape {
   // Initialize node
   constructor(node, attrs = node) {
     super(nodeOrNew('text', node), attrs)
 
-    this.dom.leading = new SVGNumber(1.3) // store leading value for rebuilding
+    this.dom.leading = this.dom.leading ?? new SVGNumber(1.3) // store leading value for rebuilding
     this._rebuild = true // enable automatic updating of dy values
     this._build = false // disable build mode for adding multiple lines
   }
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ export default class Text extends Shape {
     return this
   }
 
+  writeDataToDom() {
+    writeDataToDom(this, this.dom, { leading: 1.3 })
+    return this
+  }
+
   // Set the text content
   text(text) {
     // act as getter
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.js b/src/utils/utils.js
index 0d297ec..2438431 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -124,3 +124,19 @@ export function getOrigin(o, element) {
 const descriptiveElements = new Set(['desc', 'metadata', 'title'])
 export const isDescriptive = (element) =>
   descriptiveElements.has(element.nodeName)
+
+export const writeDataToDom = (element, data, defaults = {}) => {
+  const cloned = { ...data }
+
+  for (const key in cloned) {
+    if (cloned[key].valueOf() === defaults[key]) {
+      delete cloned[key]
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (Object.keys(cloned).length) {
+    element.node.setAttribute('svgjs:data', JSON.stringify(cloned)) // see #428
+  } else {
+    element.node.removeAttribute('svgjs:data')
+  }
+}