On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 13:10 -0500, Henry W. Peters wrote:
I wish to modify the alignment of some "dingbats" (font), & make them into a scalable graphic form, if possible.
1.) I cannot figure out how to get inkscape to show the dingbat font (I select it in the "text and font," but the dang dingbats do not actually show)...
The Glyphs dialog is your friend: Text -> Glyphs Select the Dingbat font, set Script to 'all' and they should show up in the table below.
There is a small explanation of how to use the dialog at:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Creating.html
2.) Then convert them to a graphic format... adjust according to the design, & then to be used in Scribus (for a newsletter).
Select the text and then use Object -> Object to Path (Shift + Ctrl C).
You cannot convert them back to characters inside Inkscape. You'll have to use them in Scribus as graphics.
Any suggestions welcomed. Thanks.
Henry
Tav