diff --git a/CHANGELOG.TXT b/CHANGELOG.TXT
index ff109ad..d8851f4 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.TXT
+++ b/CHANGELOG.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5.9.149 (2012-02-21)
+	- Bug item #3489933 "SVG Parser treats tspan like text" was fixed.
+
 5.9.148 (2012-02-17)
 	- Bug item #3488600 "Multiple radiobutton sets get first set value" was fixed.
 
diff --git a/README.TXT b/README.TXT
index 8852064..d83ebca 100755
--- a/README.TXT
+++ b/README.TXT
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Name: TCPDF
-Version: 5.9.148
-Release date: 2012-02-17
+Version: 5.9.149
+Release date: 2012-02-21
 Author:	Nicola Asuni
 
 Copyright (c) 2002-2012:
diff --git a/tcpdf.php b/tcpdf.php
index 9860684..100e481 100755
--- a/tcpdf.php
+++ b/tcpdf.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : tcpdf.php
-// Version     : 5.9.148
+// Version     : 5.9.149
 // Begin       : 2002-08-03
-// Last Update : 2012-02-17
+// Last Update : 2012-02-21
 // Author      : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD - Manor Coach House, Church Hill, Aldershot, Hants, GU12 4RQ, UK - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
 // License     : http://www.tecnick.com/pagefiles/tcpdf/LICENSE.TXT GNU-LGPLv3
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
  * Tools to encode your unicode fonts are on fonts/utils directory.</p>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @author Nicola Asuni
- * @version 5.9.148
+ * @version 5.9.149
  */
 
 // Main configuration file. Define the K_TCPDF_EXTERNAL_CONFIG constant to skip this file.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/config/tcpdf_config.php');
  * TCPDF project (http://www.tcpdf.org) has been originally derived in 2002 from the Public Domain FPDF class by Olivier Plathey (http://www.fpdf.org), but now is almost entirely rewritten.<br>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @brief PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions.
- * @version 5.9.148
+ * @version 5.9.149
  * @author Nicola Asuni - info@tecnick.com
  */
 class TCPDF {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 	 * Current TCPDF version.
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.148';
+	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.149';
 
 	// Protected properties
 
@@ -28750,9 +28750,10 @@ Putting 1 is equivalent to putting 0 and calling Ln() just after. Default value:
 					break;
 				}
 				// print text
-				$text = $this->stringTrim($this->svgtext);
+				$text = $this->svgtext;
+				//$text = $this->stringTrim($text);
+				$textlen = $this->GetStringWidth($text);
 				if ($this->svgtextmode['text-anchor'] != 'start') {
-					$textlen = $this->GetStringWidth($text);
 					// check if string is RTL text
 					if ($this->svgtextmode['text-anchor'] == 'end') {
 						if ($this->svgtextmode['rtl']) {
@@ -28771,7 +28772,7 @@ Putting 1 is equivalent to putting 0 and calling Ln() just after. Default value:
 				$textrendermode = $this->textrendermode;
 				$textstrokewidth = $this->textstrokewidth;
 				$this->setTextRenderingMode($this->svgtextmode['stroke'], true, false);
-				$this->Cell(0, 0, $text, 0, 0, '', false, '', 0, false, 'L', 'T');
+				$this->Cell($textlen, 0, $text, 0, 0, '', false, '', 0, false, 'L', 'T');
 				// restore previous rendering mode
 				$this->textrendermode = $textrendermode;
 				$this->textstrokewidth = $textstrokewidth;