Now that you know that importing fonts into Inkscape is done primarily through Windows you now can now import fonts into any Windows compatible program. When you open the “Text and Fonts” window from the “Text” option on the menu bar, you will now see that Blackoak has been imported into Inkscape. You will see a dialog box appear as the font is installed by Windows.Ĥ. Next, right click on the font and click “Install” on the context menu. Using Windows Explorer, browse to the location where your font is.ģ. Is it on a CDROM? Did you download it? Is it on a flash drive? Only you know where the file is. The next step requires that you know where your new font is located. Before you do this, close the Inkscape application.Ģ. That means that we have to import it into Inkscape. If you are looking for the Blackoak Standard font, you would see it between Blackadder ITC and Bodoni MT.

You will see the “Text and Font” window open. On the Inkscape menu bar, click the “Text” option and then click “Text and Font.” You can also get the same window open by clicking. Let’s start by checking out the fonts currently installed in Inkscape.ġ. You should be able to import any Windows compatible font by following these steps. This particular font is an Open Type font. In this case, we will install a font called Blackoak Standard to be used with Inkscape. To demonstrate the process of importing a font, begin with a font to install. Inkscape should function as a normal Windows program. When installation is complete, choose the option to start Inkscape. You will be prompted by your Web browser to save the file.Īfter the file has finished downloading to your computer, run it and follow the Inkscape installation instructions on the screen. Because this is a tutorial based on the Windows version, click the “Installer” option to the right of Windows. The Macintosh version of the program is there too. If you want to run Inkscape for Linux or Unix, you will have to download the source tarball and then compile it. You will see all the current versions of Inkscape listed in the main section of your screen. Once you are there, you can click “Download” on the left hand side of the screen.

If you do not have Inkscape installed, please visit. This Inkscape tutorial assumes that you are using a Windows-based computer and have Inkscape already installed. Inkscape is an open source vector graphics program that is available for free.

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