Falcon Posted September 23, 2015 Report Posted September 23, 2015 Downloaded birds of paradise font and installed. It shows up in notepad but not in inkscape. Any suggestions on how to get it to work in inkscape? Quote
bobscroll Posted September 23, 2015 Report Posted September 23, 2015 Is it in a zip folder? If it is you will have to extract the files out of it first, Then follow what you have to do on your computer to put it where you want it, Is this advice any good to you, Bob Quote
KurtP Posted September 23, 2015 Report Posted September 23, 2015 This might seem like a simple thing but did you restart Inkscape after installing the font. I have had to restart applications after installing a font so the program is able to read what fonts are installed on the system. bobscroll 1 Quote
merlin Posted September 23, 2015 Report Posted September 23, 2015 Kurt is right have to have a restart of Inkscape....... Quote
Falcon Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Posted September 23, 2015 Unzipped it then installed it twice and restarted inkscape. Have installed other fonts and know you have to restart a program for it to see it. It is just not there. Thought there might be something I have to do in inkscape for it to be seen. Quote
Falcon Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Posted September 23, 2015 Removed font and redownloaded from dafont, reinstalled. Works with notepad and adobe but not inkscape??? Quote
Falcon Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Posted September 23, 2015 Is it in a zip folder? If it is you will have to extract the files out of it first, Then follow what you have to do on your computer to put it where you want it, Is this advice any good to you, Bob Tried no help but that is the way I installed it first...really frustrating. thanks Quote
amazingkevin Posted September 23, 2015 Report Posted September 23, 2015 Don't you just hate that,Time heals all wounds,It's something simple but to find out what errrr! Quote
Falcon Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Posted September 23, 2015 Don't you just hate that,Time heals all wounds,It's something simple but to find out what errrr! Ain't that the truth! Probably something so simple I will feel like an idiot when the err is found. LOL Quote
KurtP Posted September 24, 2015 Report Posted September 24, 2015 What version of Inkscape are you using? You could try and download the latest version and installing it, if you already have the latest version of Inkscape try a uninstall and reinstall. Quote
Falcon Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Posted September 24, 2015 What version of Inkscape are you using? You could try and download the latest version and installing it, if you already have the latest version of Inkscape try a uninstall and reinstall. Uninstalled .91 then restarted computer reinstalled same problem Quote
Rob Posted September 24, 2015 Report Posted September 24, 2015 Hi Falcon. I have that font installed and working in Inkscape so it should work. I'm not sure why it doesn't appear for you but I wonder if there is a limit on the number of fonts Inkscape can handle? Can you try installing another font and see what happens? Just a suggestion to try, Rob danny 1 Quote
Falcon Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Posted September 24, 2015 Hi Falcon. I have that font installed and working in Inkscape so it should work. I'm not sure why it doesn't appear for you but I wonder if there is a limit on the number of fonts Inkscape can handle? Can you try installing another font and see what happens? Just a suggestion to try, Rob Just installed 2 other fonts from dafont.com both showed up in inkscape. Quote
Falcon Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Posted September 24, 2015 Thanks for all you help. Does not make sense but will tell you what I did. Renamed font in windows font directory then inkscape saw it but all letters were squares. Deleted font, restarted computer again, reinstalled birds of paradise and walla it is working go figure. I don't get it but it works and me HAPPY now. bobscroll 1 Quote
Rob Posted September 24, 2015 Report Posted September 24, 2015 Well done for fixing it. I guess it was corrupted in some way. By the way there is an Inkscape users forum here http://www.inkscapeforum.com/ which you might find useful. Rob Quote
Falcon Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Posted September 24, 2015 Well done for fixing it. I guess it was corrupted in some way. By the way there is an Inkscape users forum here http://www.inkscapeforum.com/ which you might find useful. Rob Thanks Rob will remember that. Quote
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