Hi, Is anyone actually working on fixing the font problems (ie, no styles except the very basic ones)? This is a total show-stopper for professional use. If no one is working on it, is there a guide to how to start on working with the Inkscape code, submitting patches etcetera?
I'm not sure that I'll have much time to work on it but I am a programmer and I have worked with Linux fonts quite a lot over the years. I really like Inkscape and use it for design work (real, paid design work) quite a lot but it always hits a wall when a client is already using use a font which Inkscape can't handle but has to be incorporated, like Helvetica Black, which happened yesterday.
There is almost nothing else which causes me to have to revert to Illustrator now other than font handling and I'm starting to really resent Illustrator because of it.
Thomas Worthington