Index: read.c
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--- read.c	(revision 31197)
+++ read.c	(revision 31198)
@@ -1045,8 +1045,8 @@
 	rnd_attrib_compat_set_intconn(&text->Attributes, intconn);
 	parse_attributes(&text->Attributes, lht_dom_hash_get(obj, "attributes"));
 	err |= parse_int(&text->Scale, hash_get(obj, "scale", 0));
-	err |= parse_double(&text->scale_x, hash_get(obj, "scale_x", 0));
-	err |= parse_double(&text->scale_y, hash_get(obj, "scale_y", 0));
+	err |= parse_double(&text->scale_x, hash_get(obj, "scale_x", 1));
+	err |= parse_double(&text->scale_y, hash_get(obj, "scale_y", 1));
 	tmp = 0;
 	err |= parse_int(&tmp, hash_get(obj, "fid", 0));
 	text->fid = tmp;