Here is how you can embed fonts in SVG documents: (replace <data> with actuall base64-encoded font data):

<style> @font-face { font-family: "Sample font"; src: url("data:font/woff;charset=utf-8;base64,<data>"); } </style>

This technique is already used in Inkscape for embedding PNG images, it should be very easy to implement a plugin that allows for automatic font embedding as well.

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 4:48 PM, john Culleton <John@...1668...> wrote:

In most software (e.g., Scribus, TeX) a font can be embedded in the output document, thus preventing font substitution in a viewer. In inkscape one can simply outline the text, but that makes the text not readable by a web crawler.

Is there a way to actually embed a font in an Inkscape svg document intended for web use?

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You can also convert the fonts to paths On Nov 11, 2011 10:42 AM, "john Culleton" <John@...1668...> wrote:

On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:27:13 +0100 Jarek Foksa <jarek@...2725...> wrote:

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Here is how you can embed fonts in SVG documents: (replace <data> with actuall base64-encoded font data):

<style> @font-face { font-family: "Sample font"; src: url("data:font/woff;charset=utf-8;base64,<data>"); } </style>

This technique is already used in Inkscape for embedding PNG images, it should be very easy to implement a plugin that allows for automatic font embedding as well.

I was not aware of the WOFF font effort! Looks interesting. I am studying this web page and its children: http://people.mozilla.com/~jkew/woff/ I have a 32 bit processor. Can I still use base64 fonts? Or are the two not related? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html

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On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:03:25 -0500 Matt Hines <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote:

You can also convert the fonts to paths

Yes, but then I lose the ability of web browsers to read the text. One of the advantages of the svg web page is that one can do fancy stuff and still have the text readable and indexable.