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.
Inkscape 0.45 Windows XP SP2
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...
2007/2/21, James Kilfiger <zeimusu@...660...>:
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.
Is that just for the Windows version of Inkscape or Pango? I noticed in the release notes for Inkscape v0.45 that an option to embed fonts works for only Type 1 fonts and not for TrueType so it looks like Type 1 fonts are supposed to work in some context.
A bit off-topic, but I noticed that fonts with kerning information don't kern while the user manual indicates that kerning should happen automatically. I tested this with the same font in OpenOffice.org and the font definitely has kerning information, but Inkscape doesn't seem to be using it. Is this another Pango issue?
Thanks.
-- Norvell Spearman
Hi,
PostScript type1 fonts are now supported in 0.46.
On Windows, neither kerning nor ligatures (automatic ones for fi, ffi, ffl, fl and so on) work, AFAICT.
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 5:25 PM, Norvell Spearman <norvell.spearman+inkscape@...155...> wrote:
2007/2/21, James Kilfiger <zeimusu@...660...>:
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.
Is that just for the Windows version of Inkscape or Pango? I noticed in the release notes for Inkscape v0.45 that an option to embed fonts works for only Type 1 fonts and not for TrueType so it looks like Type 1 fonts are supposed to work in some context.
A bit off-topic, but I noticed that fonts with kerning information don't kern while the user manual indicates that kerning should happen automatically. I tested this with the same font in OpenOffice.org and the font definitely has kerning information, but Inkscape doesn't seem to be using it. Is this another Pango issue?
Thanks.
-- Norvell Spearman
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