Index: write.c
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--- write.c	(revision 31325)
+++ write.c	(revision 31326)
@@ -438,12 +438,7 @@
 	int index = 0;
 
 	int scale;
-	if (pcb_text_old_scale(text, &scale) != 0)
-		pcb_io_incompat_save(NULL, (pcb_any_obj_t *)text, "text-scale", "file format does not support different x and y direction text scale - using average scale", "Use the scale field, set scale_x and scale_y to 0");
 
-	if (text->mirror_x)
-		pcb_io_incompat_save(NULL, (pcb_any_obj_t *)text, "text-mirror-x", "file format does not support different mirroring text in the x direction", "do not mirror, or mirror in the y direction (with the ONSOLDER flag)");
-
 TODO("why do we hardwire this here?")
 	default_stroke_thickness = 200000;
 
@@ -457,6 +452,12 @@
 TODO("indicate save incompatibility")
 			}
 
+			if (pcb_text_old_scale(text, &scale) != 0)
+				pcb_io_incompat_save(NULL, (pcb_any_obj_t *)text, "text-scale", "file format does not support different x and y direction text scale - using average scale", "Use the scale field, set scale_x and scale_y to 0");
+
+			if (text->mirror_x)
+				pcb_io_incompat_save(NULL, (pcb_any_obj_t *)text, "text-mirror-x", "file format does not support different mirroring text in the x direction", "do not mirror, or mirror in the y direction (with the ONSOLDER flag)");
+
 			if (current_layer < 9) { /* copper or silk layer text */
 				if (in_subc)
 					fputs("CS\r\n", ctx->f);