I need to use a particular font for a logo. The font file is: BOD_PSTC.TTF
It appears in Windows File Explorer and in MS Word as "Bodoni MT Poster Compressed."
However, that font does not appear in Inkscape. There it seems to be called: "Bodoni MT Light Extra-Condensed." When the "Text and Font" screen is displayed the Font Family is "Bodoni MT", the Style->CSS is "Light Extra-Condensed" but the Style->Face is "Poster Compressed".
When looking at the resulting saved SVG file with a text editor the font name appears as "Bodoni MT Light Extra-Condensed" and I think that is why I cannot display the SVG correctly using a graphics program - the font is not available on the system with that name.
Is there anything I can do to prevent Inkscape from renaming the font internally?
Inkscape's adherence to SVG standards can complicate the use of some faces in a font family.
I'd consider bodging-up a copy of the font with a different name but standard CSS face (using FontForge). This might require that the new font be available to the other programs in play.
Beyond the Basics Font has different name in Inkscape
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Hi,
I am using Windows 10 and Inkscape 1.0.2.
I need to use a particular font for a logo. The font file is: BOD_PSTC.TTF
It appears in Windows File Explorer and in MS Word as "Bodoni MT Poster Compressed."
However, that font does not appear in Inkscape. There it seems to be called: "Bodoni MT Light Extra-Condensed." When the "Text and Font" screen is displayed the Font Family is "Bodoni MT", the Style->CSS is "Light Extra-Condensed" but the Style->Face is "Poster Compressed".
When looking at the resulting saved SVG file with a text editor the font name appears as "Bodoni MT Light Extra-Condensed" and I think that is why I cannot display the SVG correctly using a graphics program - the font is not available on the system with that name.
Is there anything I can do to prevent Inkscape from renaming the font internally?
Thank you.
Inkscape's adherence to SVG standards can complicate the use of some faces in a font family.
I'd consider bodging-up a copy of the font with a different name but standard CSS face (using FontForge). This might require that the new font be available to the other programs in play.
Related background info: http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=822
Amazing! That seems to be working!
Thanks very much for the explanation, your help and speedy response.
Tony