And voila, it seems to work! Not exactly a fix, but at least a workaround with only a little more faffing. So I experimented in 0.92, and applied the combined lighting filter to a larger piece of text, then simply scaled it down afterwards. In 0.48 there seems to be a transform matrix being added, so alerting me to the fact that the effect is somehow being scaled differently with the text in 0.92. Cylindrical containers, spheres, and vases become solid when they cast a shadow on a background or reflect a source of illumination, enhancing the. InkscapeвЂ™s drawing and painting tools allow you to create the effect of depth with drop shadow and color gradient capabilities. On further investigation of the XML, I noticed that there are some differences in the SVG for the text. Tutorial 15, Part A Cylinders, Spheres, and Other 3D Effects. This is a screenshot of the two effects side by side, shown in Inkscape 0.92 I've shared the SVG here if anyone more knowledgeable wants to investigate further. It doesn't seem to be a rendering problem, because 0.92 can display the filter from 0.48 just fine. So there must be something different in the way 0.92 is applying the same filter. Those lines between all of those extra points that we added will flatten but the overall effect will still look like a curve. Funny thing is, if I copy and paste something from 0.48 into 0.92, it works. Comparing the Bevels > Combined Lighting filter in Inkscape 0.48 and 0.92, there is some difference in how the filter is working, even though the settings seem to be the same. Inkscapes drawing and painting tools allow you to create the effect of depth with drop shadow and color gradient capabilities.

I had a quick look at this, and it looks like it might be a bug.

3d text in inkscape