OzarkSawdust Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) OK... I went to DaFont and found what I wanted Dingbats - Nature - Printers Ornaments One by Dixie's Delights - hit "Download", it shows a zip file in lower left corner. After I hit it the window shows 2 files : Printorn True Type font file and Printorn Text Document. I double click on the font file and it brings up a box showing a bunch in horizontal lines, each line a little larger than the one above. I hit "Install" and it shows it installing. Then I find it in my folders and double click on the zip file. Next I hit "Extract All" and get to a window showing all fonts across upper center...down the left are sizes: 12 18 24 36 48 60 72, each showing an example of a font getting a little larger. That is as far as I can go! How do I get a font to the "paper" on Inkscape??? Driving me nuts!! It's a short trip LOL. I'm sure it's very simple and easy...but I've never seen the program before and the videos don't make that move very clear...to me. Thanks! Edited August 31, 2019 by OzarkSawdust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 If I recall, I had the same problem and was told by someone here that you must reboot to get Inkscape to receive your new font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted August 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, octoolguy said: If I recall, I had the same problem and was told by someone here that you must reboot to get Inkscape to receive your new font. Just tried it...didn't work, but thanks! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don in brooklin on Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Had this problem with other fonts too but I have found that download extract all files to a separate folder. exit open folder right click on the ttf install for all users. checked in inkscape and it is there. Cool decorative font I have found the secret is the install for all users. Thanks to a previous post for the hint. OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 4 hours ago, OzarkSawdust said: OK... I went to DaFont and found what I wanted Dingbats - Nature - Printers Ornaments One by Dixie's Delights - hit "Download", it shows a zip file in lower left corner. After I hit it the window shows 2 files : Printorn True Type font file and Printorn Text Document. I double click on the font file and it brings up a box showing a bunch in horizontal lines, each line a little larger than the one above. I hit "Install" and it shows it installing. Then I find it in my folders and double click on the zip file. Next I hit "Extract All" and get to a window showing all fonts across upper center...down the left are sizes: 12 18 24 36 48 60 72, each showing an example of a font getting a little larger. That is as far as I can go! How do I get a font to the "paper" on Inkscape??? Driving me nuts!! It's a short trip LOL. I'm sure it's very simple and easy...but I've never seen the program before and the videos don't make that move very clear...to me. Thanks! Just for the heck of it, I went to dafont but I can't find the font you found. Can you offer me some more info? I'd like to see if I can find/download/install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted August 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 I think I did it...? I got it onto Inkscape...it showed up in the fonts. When I click on the name I see a few beneath the justification icons. I can make them large and small with the font size. Now...how the heck do I get one on the page/work area? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted August 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, octoolguy said: Just for the heck of it, I went to dafont but I can't find the font you found. Can you offer me some more info? I'd like to see if I can find/download/install it. The path is top of the first post...Dingbats - Nature - Printers Ornaments One by Dixie's Delights Edited August 31, 2019 by OzarkSawdust added path OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Yes, I found it finally. But, now I'm having the problem of installing it. Irfanview keeps grabbing it and turning it into a picture before I can do the install. I'll have to change the file associations so Irfanview won't grab it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 2 hours ago, don in brooklin on said: Had this problem with other fonts too but I have found that download extract all files to a separate folder. exit open folder right click on the ttf install for all users. checked in inkscape and it is there. Cool decorative font I have found the secret is the install for all users. Thanks to a previous post for the hint. Don, when I right click on the file, I don't get the "install for all users" option. Just a plain install. Can you possibly explain what I might be doing wrong? I'm running win 10 and have it set up to share files and printers between all of our computers in our home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted August 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Getting the hang of it! select font...select size...set as default...make a text box where you want it then use "abcdef…" to put design font on paper! To be able to find what I want I made text boxes and just went through the alphabet, printed it, and wrote the corresponding letters below them. Any of that make sense? Or is there an easier way to do it? So far I'm having a blast! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted August 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 3 hours ago, don in brooklin on said: Had this problem with other fonts too but I have found that download extract all files to a separate folder. exit open folder right click on the ttf install for all users. checked in inkscape and it is there. Cool decorative font I have found the secret is the install for all users. Thanks to a previous post for the hint. Thanks Don !!! That worked!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don in brooklin on Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 hours ago, octoolguy said: Don, when I right click on the file, I don't get the "install for all users" option. Just a plain install. Can you possibly explain what I might be doing wrong? I'm running win 10 and have it set up to share files and printers between all of our computers in our home. The only thing I can think of is that you have to unzip and place in a folder. Use File Explorer to open folder and then right click on the ttf. If you just say extract and click on ttf you only get install. I did some experimenting with Bird of Paradise on another laptop and this seemed to be the issue. If tis doesn't work I have no idea. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, don in brooklin on said: The only thing I can think of is that you have to unzip and place in a folder. Use File Explorer to open folder and then right click on the ttf. If you just say extract and click on ttf you only get install. I did some experimenting with Bird of Paradise on another laptop and this seemed to be the issue. If tis doesn't work I have no idea. Don, I extracted to a different folder and when I opened that folder there were 2 files. One was a .ttf and the other .txt. I right clicked on the .ttf and it opened a menu but there was no "install for all users" option. But thanks for trying to help. I'll figure it out. Edit: I went back and started all over and downloaded the font to my desktop. It was in a .zip file. I right clicked on it and told it to extract all and when asked where to put it, I didn't accept the default folder, I told it to just put the files on my desktop. Once done, I did the right click thing and DID find the "install for all users" option. So, all good. Thanks guys. Edited September 1, 2019 by octoolguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loftyhermes Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 I've just downloaded this font, it comes as a zip file, I extracted to the desktop then right clicked the ttf file and then install. I then opened Inkscape and the font is there. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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