[FIXED] Your SVG Import for FontCreator is broken

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lforbes
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[FIXED] Your SVG Import for FontCreator is broken

Post by lforbes »

Hi,

I am a computer coder, software beta tester and computer systems specialist so I am pretty adapt at troubleshooting.

Before I spent $230 Canadian on this Font Creator Software I designed fonts in Font Forge and it was problematic to batch import SVG files which is why I made the leap to paying for the software.

However, your FontCreator does NOT import modern SVG files. It cannot seem to handle even the basic SVG files that I create. This is STANDARD coding as per the SVG Standard.

I import and nothing. No errors no nothing. I drag and Drop and nothing. Won't even import. I did find one that finally imported and it looked completely broken compared to the file that displays in Edge or any other program.
BuggySVG.jpg
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... ement/path

This is one of mine I created according to the above SVG standard. It opens in every application, INCLUDING Font Forge, but not your program.

Please can you fix your SVG import. It needs to be updated to the proper standard to support the <defs> tags as well.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="254mm" height="355.6mm" viewBox="0 0 254 355.6">
<defs>
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</defs>
<g>
<use xlink:href="#path_43688a0b01b771ba0e01898aae4ea084"/>
</g>
</svg>
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Re: Your SVG Import for FontCreator is broken

Post by Erwin Denissen »

Yes, that is indeed failing big time in FontCreator.

Thank you for providing detailed information about the issue; this update should fix it:

FontCreator 14.0.0.2845 (64-bit)

Do let us know if this update allows you to import your SVG files.
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Re: Your SVG Import for FontCreator is broken

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That version works for me with the attached SVG file.
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Re: Your SVG Import for FontCreator is broken

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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:30 pm That version works for me with the attached SVG file.
Excellent!
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Re: Your SVG Import for FontCreator is broken

Post by lforbes »

Wow thanks for the fast reply!

Yes the new version fixes both the SVG files and imports them now.

Thank you!
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Re: Your SVG Import for FontCreator is broken

Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

lforbes wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 3:38 am Wow thanks for the fast reply!
Sorry for the delay :D but you reported the bug on a Sunday.
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