I’ve recently started using MainType and am trying to get the font loading function to work with Inkscape without luck. Loaded fonts seem to show up fine in other applications, but not in Inkscape.
Being cross-platform, Inkscape quite likely has some nonstandard solutions, and as I’m unclear of how the MainType service achieves its injection into the Windows font management system, it’s a bit hard to figure out exactly what the problem is.
Has anyone gotten MainType’s font loading feature to work with Inkscape, or is it a lost cause?
Most applications should detect newly installed fonts. I am not sure about fonts that are just Loaded and not Installed. It may be necessary to restart Inkscape to detect the new fonts. I no longer have Inkscape installed to test this.
Loaded fonts are not available after rebooting Windows, but installed fonts are.
Inkscape has a timed reload for fonts (I think it’s at 30 seconds) so a program restart shouldn’t really be necessary. I have tried it though, and it makes no difference if I load fonts before starting Inkscape. Installed fonts show up as usual, but loaded ones don’t.
Installing fonts on a project by project basis works fine, of course. It’s just that the font loading feature is so neat it seems a shame not to use it if it’s possible.
I sort of suspect that Inkscape does some sort of unconventional direct scanning and loading of fonts. While researching the issue, I found references to it loading “deleted” fonts from hidden directories.
A workaround would be to create font groups in MainType for different Inkscape projects. Then you can install and uninstall the entire group of fonts at once.
Yes, project-based groups is how I plan to work with MainType regardless of whether or not I can get Inkscape to accept loaded fonts. It’s probably the most sensible way of managing a large font library, and I’m glad there’s a font manager that has this sort of functionality.
Ever since I started using MT, I cannot use any font except the ones that came pre-installed on my computer (Windows 10).
I have tried loading fonts (did not work) and I also tried installing them (did not work). I have re-started Inkscape after installing a font. Still nothing.
I have confirmed that the newly-installed font exists in C:\Windows\Fonts.
Other programs are able to use the fonts whether loaded OR installed, but I can’t get Inkscape to work with them at all. The font-name appears on the Inkscape font drop-down list, but with a warning icon and the message “File not found on system”.
Try rebooting your computer after installing fonts. Loaded fonts will not be available to any applications after a reboot. Restarting Inkscape should be sufficient, but if not, a reboot should do it.
Don’t just look at the Windows fonts folder to think fonts actually reside in it, as Windows uses an internal font manager to show all installed fonts, even ones that are stored in other locations.
To reveal the actual location, look in the Information panel inside MainType to inspect the Resources.
In case you installed the font manually or through another font manager, it might point to another folder. Then this trick usually helps:
Uninstall the font through MainType and then reinstall it through MainType.
