Example


<svg width="10cm" height="3cm" viewBox="0 0 1000 300" version="1.1">
     <defs>
          <text id="ReferencedText"> Referenced character data </text>
     </defs>
     <desc>Example tref01 - inline vs reference text content</desc>
     <text x="100" y="100" font-size="45" fill="blue"> Inline character data </text>
     <text x="100" y="200" font-size="45" fill="red">
          <tref xlink:href="#ReferencedText"/>
     </text>
     <rect x="1" y="1" width="998" height="298" fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="2"/>
</svg>
Original SVG source