Inkscape

Export to PDF won't embed custom font

Asked by Chad Saunders

I've tried three different ways of embedding a font in my SVG using the "inkscape" command in the CLI to export it to a PDF.

In my SVG I've tried these three ways to use the custom font.

1) Using a base64 encoded TTF font in the <style> tag inside a @font-face using the data uri.
2) Using a URL in the <style> tag inside a @font-face
2) Embedding an SVG font inside the <defs> section

Each time it just uses a default Arial font

What is the best way to embed a custom font into the exported PDF from an SVG?

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Best su_v (suv-lp) said : 		#1

Inkscape does not use embedded SVG fonts - neither for rendering on-canvas when opening the SVG file in the GUI, nor when exporting to PDF on the command line. The CSS rule @font-face is not supported, either.

You have to install the font regularly on your system to be able to use it in Inkscape (just like other installed fonts).

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Chad Saunders (chadsaun) said : 		#2

Thanks ~suv, that solved my question.

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su_v (suv-lp) said : 		#3

Related feature requests are tracked in:
- Bug #741135 “@font-face location management”
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/741135>
- Bug #170963 (sf1326220) “Support for SVG fonts (rendering, embedding,...)”
  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/172240>