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Text and Font Editor - red strikethru in font name

Asked by Carol

I have an SVG file that I have with fakt con pro med font defined for displaying text. When I open the file in Inkscape and view fonts through the 'Text and Font' editor I see the 'fakt con pro med' font has a red strikethrough it's name. What does this mean?

Also this svg file displays Japanese characters. This 'fakt con pro med' font does not support the Japanese character set so I'm wondering what font Inkscape is using to render these characters? I cannot tell by the 'Text and Font' editor. The Japanese characters are displayed correctly - I just need to know what font Inkscape is using behind the scene to render characters.

Thanks,
Carol

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#1

Hi Carol,

I can only guess, unfortunately. It will probably be some very generic, more or less universally available font which is used for the replacement, it may also be the concrete font choice is even made by your system, and not by Inkscape directly.

Some hints which may help you:
What happens when you open the file with a web browser?
What happens if you try to change the font to one of the more generic ones (I'd guess it will be some '...Sans') ? Is there one where the Japanese looks the same and there is no red strikethrough?
What is in the files source code? Is there a fallback defined?
What happens when you try to import it into Scribus? Scribus usually gives very explicit warnings about fonts.

Regards,
 Maren

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Edouard (edouardst) said : 		#2

Hi,

To add on what Maren said, it's just that the font is not installed on your system. Inkscape detects the lacking font and shows its name in red and strikethrough.

All you have to do is install this font on your system. It seems it's a paid, non free font. Ask the files author about either where he/she got it or to substitute a free/open font.

Regards

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