Can I add additional typefaces and font sizes?

Asked by Paul

I would like to add the typeface Wingdings and would like to add other type sizes. Can this be done in inkscape?

Thank you.
Paul

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José Lou Chang (obake) said :
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Just download a font that you would like to install

Open the folder where you have downloaded the font file.

Double click on the font file to open it. This opens a font viewer window.

On the right there is a button, "Install Font". Click on it.

Wait until the button turns to greyed out "Installed".

Inkscape should detect any new installed fonts upon re-opnening.

Note: There are many fonts in the repository. You can install them using Synaptic Package Manager.
For extra fonts, search them with your favorite Search Engine (Google, Yahoo, etc)

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José Lou Chang (obake) said :
#2

One more thing. If for some reason the above trick did not work for installing fonts...

Then you can install it manually by just copying the fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype
It is better if you create a new directory or folder inside "truetype"

After you have finished copying the font files, open the Terminal and write the following:

sudo fc-cache -f -v

That will rebuild the font information.
Now you are good to go.

Hope that helps.

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