Hi all,
My problem is that although I have several (10) members of Neo Tech font family, and most of the applications can use them, Inkscape sees only two of them. Actually, these two were modified. Do anyone know about a possible reason? I have Windows XP SP3, I have just installed Inkscape 0.48 (I had 0.44 previously with the same failure).
Background: Although Inkscape has been on my computer for years, I didn't use it, because I have Corel too and it seemed more convenient. I work for a producing company (Semilab), and we used to give the labeling of our equipments to screen-printing companies. The designs that are screen-printed are given to these companies in .cdr files. We are thinking about changing from Corel to Inkscape for this purpose, as the number of copies of Corel we have is limited, there are incompatibility problems between versions, and Corel is expensive. But we can do this only if Inkscape is equal to Corel in performance in the limited way we use it. This doesn't seem to me a very strict criterion, as we do very basic things (typing, drawing basic shapes, our logo), but includes using all Neo Tech fonts we have.
Thank you Abel
On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 09:52 +0200, Tőkés Ábel wrote:
Hi all,
My problem is that although I have several (10) members of Neo Tech font family, and most of the applications can use them, Inkscape sees only two of them. Actually, these two were modified. Do anyone know about a possible reason? I have Windows XP SP3, I have just installed Inkscape 0.48 (I had 0.44 previously with the same failure).
Did you check the Text and Font dialog? If the fonts are part of a family, the different variants will be listed under the "Style" section of the dialog. The text toolbar allows access to only one "bold" and one italic/oblique variant of a family.
Tav
Did you check the Text and Font dialog? If the fonts are part of a family, the different variants will be listed under the "Style" section of the dialog. The text toolbar allows access to only one "bold" and one italic/oblique variant of a family.
Tav
Yes, I have checked it. Actually, it doesn't see the whole font family. It only sees the two fonts "Neo Tech Semilab" and "Neo Tech Bold Semilab", that are not part of the family, but they were made by a designer company for us by selecting letters from Neo Tech and Neo Tech Alt. Unfortunately they didn't make a good job, as there are letters that are selected from the wrong font, and the spacing between the fonts are sometimes buggy, and they don't behave as part of the family (eg. we cannot switch between them by setting the letters boldface, they are separate fonts).
So, the whole family is invisible. See: https://www.semilab.hu/fileshare/download.php?file=4caeda07db2252.96288722/T...
Abel
On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 10:45 +0200, Tőkés Ábel wrote:
Did you check the Text and Font dialog? If the fonts are part of a family, the different variants will be listed under the "Style" section of the dialog. The text toolbar allows access to only one "bold" and one italic/oblique variant of a family.
Tav
Yes, I have checked it. Actually, it doesn't see the whole font family.
That sounds like an important clue.
It only sees the two fonts "Neo Tech Semilab" and "Neo Tech Bold Semilab", that are not part of the family, but they were made by a designer company for us by selecting letters from Neo Tech and Neo Tech Alt. Unfortunately they didn't make a good job, as there are letters that are selected from the wrong font, and the spacing between the fonts are sometimes buggy, and they don't behave as part of the family (eg. we cannot switch between them by setting the letters boldface, they are separate fonts).
You could fix that up using FontForge.
So, the whole family is invisible. See: https://www.semilab.hu/fileshare/download.php?file=4caeda07db2252.96288722/T...
I guess you'll have to wait until a Windows expert replies (I use Linux). You could take a look at this site:
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=356
Tav
10/8/2010 11:27 AM keltezéssel, Tavmjong Bah írta:
I guess you'll have to wait until a Windows expert replies (I use Linux). You could take a look at this site:
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=356
Tav
Thanks for the advice, though it didn't help much. The FAQ writes about a similar issue, but it is supposed to be solved in 0.48. Izirajder writes about installing fonts in Windoze, but it doesn't help me, because these fonts have already been installed.
These fonts are true type, so they should be fully supported.
Anyone knows something more?
Abel
On Friday 08 October 2010 07:39:13 Tőkés Ábel wrote:
10/8/2010 11:27 AM keltezéssel, Tavmjong Bah írta:
I guess you'll have to wait until a Windows expert replies (I use Linux). You could take a look at this site:
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=356
Tav
Thanks for the advice, though it didn't help much. The FAQ writes about a similar issue, but it is supposed to be solved in 0.48. Izirajder writes about installing fonts in Windoze, but it doesn't help me, because these fonts have already been installed.
These fonts are true type, so they should be fully supported.
Anyone knows something more?
Abel
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It sounds to me like the font is installed where Inkscape can't see it. I use Linux also, but on my Win XP partition fonts are found in C:/windows/Fonts It sounds like you modified two versions of the font and placed them where Inkscape can see them, but the unmodified versions are placed where Inkscape can't see them.
I always suggest that Windows users keep a Knoppix or a Slax cdr on hand. When you boot one of them you can use the Linux search tools to find files quickly, even if they are protected or hidden in some way. You could cd to the main Wndows partition (perhaps sda1) and use this command line: find . -name fontname.ttf The period is important.
10/8/2010 3:18 PM keltezéssel, John Culleton írta:
It sounds to me like the font is installed where Inkscape can't see it. I use Linux also, but on my Win XP partition fonts are found in C:/windows/Fonts It sounds like you modified two versions of the font and placed them where Inkscape can see them, but the unmodified versions are placed where Inkscape can't see them.
I always suggest that Windows users keep a Knoppix or a Slax cdr on hand. When you boot one of them you can use the Linux search tools to find files quickly, even if they are protected or hidden in some way. You could cd to the main Wndows partition (perhaps sda1) and use this command line: find . -name fontname.ttf The period is important. -- John Culleton
I have the fonts in c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ All the original NeoTechs and the modified ones.
I may download a linux image to make a system cd, but what is it good for in this case, when I know where the files are? I don't like Windows for many reasons, but I have never had any problems with its searching capabilities, though I prefer Total Commander. Did I understand you well?
Abel
On Friday 08 October 2010 10:00:12 Tőkés Ábel wrote:
10/8/2010 3:18 PM keltezéssel, John Culleton írta:
You understand me fine. If the fonts are all in the same directory and the permissions are the same then perhaps there is a problem with the fonts themselves. Try downloading one of the errant fonts in Type 1 format. If you can use that one in Inkscape then you have your answer.
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