Inkscape

Change font measure

Asked by Shamaoke

Hi.

How can I change the Inkscape’s font measure?
I have a pixels by default, but I need a points.

Inkscape 0.46., lang — russian.

Best regards.
Shamaoke

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Kurt Hutchinson (kelanslists) said : 		#1

There's no way through the regular interface to use another font measure but pixels. You can change the size of a specific text object to points using the XML editor, but Inkscape will convert it back to pixels. To change a text object's size to points in the XML editor, do the following:
~ Select the text object.
~ Press Shift+Ctrl+X to bring up the XML editor. The text object should be highlighted.
~ In the right-hand pane, look for the "style" attribute. Click on it.
~ Now the bottom text area will contain the entire style attribute. In there somewhere should be "font-size:??px". Change that to "??pt" for whatever point value you want.
~ Press the "Set" button located just above the bottom text area.

Like I said, Inkscape will convert the value back to pixels, but the text object should be the size you want.

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Shamaoke (shamaoke) said : 		#2

Hi, Kurt.

Tnx for help. It's possible to change this values using the simple text editor too. And the points will not transform to pixels in this case.

Best regards.
Shamaoke