diff --git a/plugins/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.freehep/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/freehep/SemanticSVGGraphics2D.java b/plugins/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.freehep/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/freehep/SemanticSVGGraphics2D.java
index ef98416a6..6c4fb7b55 100644
--- a/plugins/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.freehep/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/freehep/SemanticSVGGraphics2D.java
+++ b/plugins/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.freehep/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/freehep/SemanticSVGGraphics2D.java
@@ -855,15 +855,6 @@ protected void writeString(String str, double x, double y)
         }
         style.put("stroke", "none");
 
-        // related to KIPRA-1637: preserve multiple spaces when displaying text strings
-        if (isProperty(STYLABLE))
-            style.put("white-space", "pre");
-        else
-            // avoid using the deprecated property 'xml:space' (https://docs.w3cub.com/svg/attribute/xml:space/)
-            //  and sneak in the (css-based) replacement (https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_white-space.asp)
-            //  via a 'style' property definition
-            style.put("style", "white-space: pre");
-
         // convert tags to string values
         str = XMLWriter.normalizeText(str);
 
@@ -910,7 +901,22 @@ private String getTextsString(String text, Properties style, String indentation)
         final String[] lines = text.split("\\r?\\n|\\r");
         final boolean isSingleLine = lines.length <= 1;
         final StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
-        
+
+        // in case of a single line text
+        //  clone the styles object in order to achieve identical order while iterating over the entries
+        // otherwise take an empty properties table, ...
+        final Properties textLineStyle = isSingleLine ? (Properties) style.clone() : new Properties();
+
+        // related to KIPRA-1637: preserve multiple spaces when displaying text strings;
+        // this property must be set per text field and won't be considered properly by chromium if outsourced to parent
+        if (isProperty(STYLABLE))
+            textLineStyle.put("white-space", "pre");
+        else
+            // avoid using the deprecated property 'xml:space' (https://docs.w3cub.com/svg/attribute/xml:space/)
+            //  and sneak in the (css-based) replacement (https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_white-space.asp)
+            //  via a 'style' property definition
+            textLineStyle.put("style", "white-space: pre");
+
         int i = 0;
         if (display != null) {
             // Translate the font back to an swt font
@@ -942,7 +948,7 @@ private String getTextsString(String text, Properties style, String indentation)
                 content.append("\n" + indentation);
                 content.append("<text x=\"0\" y=\"").append(y).append("\"");
                 // style
-                content.append(isSingleLine ? " " + style(style) : "");
+                content.append(" " + style(textLineStyle));
                 
                 final Double nextLineLength = noTextLengthPerLineCalcRequired ? nextLength :
                     // need to box the result here as the type of the ternary operation would be 'double' otherwise
@@ -1006,11 +1012,11 @@ private String getTextsString(String text, Properties style, String indentation)
             for (final String line : lines) {
                 content.append("\n" + indentation);
                 content.append("<text x=\"0\" y=\"").append(y).append("\"");
-                content.append(isSingleLine ? " "
+                content.append(" "
                     // style
                     + style(style)
                     // semantic data
-                    + attributes(false) : ""
+                    + (isSingleLine ? " " + attributes(false) : "")
                 );
                 content.append(textLineAttributes(line, i++));
                 content.append(">");
diff --git a/test/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.test/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/test/freehep/FreeHEPSVGOffscreenRenderingTest.xtend b/test/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.test/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/test/freehep/FreeHEPSVGOffscreenRenderingTest.xtend
index b7be5e938..020ba2125 100644
--- a/test/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.test/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/test/freehep/FreeHEPSVGOffscreenRenderingTest.xtend
+++ b/test/de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.piccolo.test/src/de/cau/cs/kieler/klighd/piccolo/test/freehep/FreeHEPSVGOffscreenRenderingTest.xtend
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ class FreeHEPSVGOffscreenRenderingTest {
 			<g fill="none" stroke-opacity="1" stroke="#000000">
 			  <path d="M 0.5 0.5 L 99.5 0.5 L 99.5 99.5 L 0.5 99.5 L 0.5 0.5 z"/>
 			</g>
-			<g fill-opacity="1" font-style="normal" font-family="Helvetica" style="white-space: pre" font-weight="normal" stroke="none" fill="#000000" font-size="<FONT_SIZE>" id="MyText" class="MyTextClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KText:0">
-			  <text x="0" y="<Y>">NodeLabel:</text>
-			  <text x="0" y="<Y>">Some additional info</text>
+			<g fill-opacity="1" font-style="normal" font-family="Helvetica" font-weight="normal" stroke="none" fill="#000000" font-size="<FONT_SIZE>" id="MyText" class="MyTextClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KText:0">
+			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" style="white-space: pre">NodeLabel:</text>
+			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" style="white-space: pre">Some additional info</text>
 			</g>
 			</g>
         '''.equalsSVGof[ // cs: deactivated generation of 'textLength' property settings on purpose, as we cannot inject reliable test size data per text line as of now
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ class FreeHEPSVGOffscreenRenderingTest {
 			  <path d="M 0.5 0.5 L 99.5 0.5 L 99.5 99.5 L 0.5 99.5 L 0.5 0.5 z"/>
 			</g>
 			<g id="MyLabel" class="MyLabelClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KLabel:0">
-			<g fill-opacity="1" font-style="normal" font-family="Helvetica" style="white-space: pre" font-weight="normal" stroke="none" fill="#000000" font-size="<FONT_SIZE>" id="MyText" class="MyTextClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KText:0">
-			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" klighd:MyTextLineKey="0">NodeLabel:</text>
-			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" klighd:MyTextLineKey="1">Some additional info</text>
+			<g fill-opacity="1" font-style="normal" font-family="Helvetica" font-weight="normal" stroke="none" fill="#000000" font-size="<FONT_SIZE>" id="MyText" class="MyTextClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KText:0">
+			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" style="white-space: pre" klighd:MyTextLineKey="0">NodeLabel:</text>
+			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" style="white-space: pre" klighd:MyTextLineKey="1">Some additional info</text>
 			</g>
 			</g>
 			</g>
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ class FreeHEPSVGOffscreenRenderingTest {
 			</g>
 			</g>
 			<g id="MyLabel" class="MyLabelClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KLabel:0">
-			<g transform="matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 106, 45)" fill-opacity="1" font-style="normal" font-family="Helvetica" style="white-space: pre" font-weight="normal" stroke="none" fill="#000000" font-size="<FONT_SIZE>" id="MyText" class="MyTextClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KText:0">
-			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" klighd:MyTextLineKey="0">PortLabel:</text>
-			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" klighd:MyTextLineKey="1">Some additional info</text>
+			<g transform="matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 106, 45)" fill-opacity="1" font-style="normal" font-family="Helvetica" font-weight="normal" stroke="none" fill="#000000" font-size="<FONT_SIZE>" id="MyText" class="MyTextClass" klighd:MyKey="MyValue" klighd:My2ndKey="KText:0">
+			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" style="white-space: pre" klighd:MyTextLineKey="0">PortLabel:</text>
+			  <text x="0" y="<Y>" style="white-space: pre" klighd:MyTextLineKey="1">Some additional info</text>
 			</g>
 			</g>
 			</g>