Norvell Spearman wrote:
How do I configure Inkscape for Windows to see the Type1 fonts I have installed? The GIMP sees them fine (which also uses freetype), as does OpenOffice.org. The font names and corresponding pfb file names even show up in my .fonts.cache-1 file but I still can't see them in Inkscape. Thanks for any answers.
You can't use Type-1 fonts with Inkscape. Inkscape uses Pango. Pango uses the cmap table of TrueType and OpenType. Type-1 fonts don't have a cmap table.
You should convert the fonts to either Truetype (slightly lossy transformation, especially wrt hints, but no problem at high resolution) or to Opentype (lossless conversion).
TrueType fonts can be used with vanilla Inkscape.
Opentype fonts need the patch described at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1441767&gro...