Hi there.

I'm new to Inkscape, and to font creation and graphic design generally - thanks for reading and please bear with me.

I'm trying to create a font on Inkscape using PNG images that someone has made for me. I found a website called convertio.co which allows me to convert PNG images to SVG files.

I then found a youtube video to help me create a font. I created a typography canvas and then drag and dropped the SVG images to create glyphs. Some of the SVG files I'm using are relatively simple, and work fine. Some of them though, are more complex, and when I press 'Get curves from selection' I get the message: 'The selected object does not have a path description.'

That's as far as I've got. If someone could explain what I need to do, or point me in the right direction, that'd be much appreciated.

Thanks,

David

I think it's a simple as you are trying to convert something which is not a path.

So it could be a group, a shape such as circle / ellipse / rectangle or a text element - those are not paths.

I suspect if you have done a bitmap to path conversion - you would be left with grouped paths.

If the object reports as a group in the status bar - then use Object>Ungroup

If the object reports as shape then you can use Path>Object to Path

If you have many nested groups then Extensions>Arrange>Deep Ungroup

Usually with bitmap to vector conversions, the manual tidying up is the first step.