I don´t understand the question. To me it can be read as: "I am trying to change a Chinese glyph from a default font" Even though I´m not sure how. Or do you want a new font as a default font? There is a button for this.
I guess the easiest way is to convert the glyph into shape with Path->Object to Path then take the node-tool - if you want to alter an existent font it´s a whole other story.
I have found this same problem. I am not a beginner using InkScape. Most of you are more experienced than I am.
I have text, two letters of Chinese. I select the letters, and enter the "Text and Font" window to select another font. The "text" window has the two characters. The "Font" window shows available fonts. I select "MingLIU-Ext8". The preview window changes to show the correct letter shapes, which happen to contain more triangular and "serif" elements. I click "Apply", but the images of the characters on the drawing do not change.
I repeat this with latin letters, and it does change. I do this with Hebrew letters, and the Hebrew letters change to match the chosen font.
If the glyphs were not in the Chinese font, I would expect this behavior. But the preview window at the bottom of the "Text and Font" window show the proper glyphs. When I select a different font, the preview changes.
I have found this in versions 1.2 and 1.3 of Inkscape (I updated after reporting the problem). I am running on Windows 10 with gobs of memory and disk space.
Further investigation shows that the font, MingLIU, is a protected font in Windows 10. I don't know if it was originally there, or if I brought it through a system upgrade, but it can not be deleted, or replaced with a newly downloaded version of the font.
It may be something specific to this font. In my font list I have SimsumLiU, which appears to work.
The same phenomenon occurred in Japanese as well. It was applied when I changed the default language from Japanese (ja) to English (en) (although the menus all become English)
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Hey all, I am trying to change the font of a Chinese character from Inkscape's default font.
I choose the font, I press 'Apply,' but it doesn't change the font at all. Are there any tips on this matter? Thank you in advance!
Santiago de Aragón
I don´t understand the question. To me it can be read as: "I am trying to change a Chinese glyph from a default font" Even though I´m not sure how. Or do you want a new font as a default font? There is a button for this.
Yes, I'm trying to change a Chinese glyph from the default font. Is this possible?
I guess the easiest way is to convert the glyph into shape with Path->Object to Path then take the node-tool - if you want to alter an existent font it´s a whole other story.
I have found this same problem. I am not a beginner using InkScape. Most of you are more experienced than I am.
I have text, two letters of Chinese. I select the letters, and enter the "Text and Font" window to select another font. The "text" window has the two characters. The "Font" window shows available fonts. I select "MingLIU-Ext8". The preview window changes to show the correct letter shapes, which happen to contain more triangular and "serif" elements. I click "Apply", but the images of the characters on the drawing do not change.
I repeat this with latin letters, and it does change. I do this with Hebrew letters, and the Hebrew letters change to match the chosen font.
If the glyphs were not in the Chinese font, I would expect this behavior. But the preview window at the bottom of the "Text and Font" window show the proper glyphs. When I select a different font, the preview changes.
I have found this in versions 1.2 and 1.3 of Inkscape (I updated after reporting the problem). I am running on Windows 10 with gobs of memory and disk space.
-- Carl
Further investigation shows that the font, MingLIU, is a protected font in Windows 10. I don't know if it was originally there, or if I brought it through a system upgrade, but it can not be deleted, or replaced with a newly downloaded version of the font.
It may be something specific to this font. In my font list I have SimsumLiU, which appears to work.
The same phenomenon occurred in Japanese as well. It was applied when I changed the default language from Japanese (ja) to English (en) (although the menus all become English)
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