Thanks Tobias,
perhaps a manual edit of the file ought to do it, it's only XML afterall.
I have the font installed system wide, so I'll explore to see if it will
render properly in EOG first, that should show if it's rendering the font,
no?
- J
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Tobias Ellinghaus <h...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Montag, 21. Januar 2013, 12:38:11 schrub John P Santos:
> > Hi all,
>
> Hi.
>
> > I would like to know if it's possible to have darktable interpret fonts
> > which are either embedded or styled, so that string substitution can be
> > used with NICE fonts. All I get is system fonts and they leave a lot to
> be
> > desired. What I'm hoping to do is have either tags, date and information
> > on photo taking conditions substituted through string substitution but to
> > use a nice looking font for that, like one of google's free fonts
> (Josefin
> > Sans) or something along those lines.
> >
> > If I'm off the mark and there's already a way to do this, say by manually
> > editing the SVG file, then please, someone correct me. Currently I've
> been
> > trying to use SVGs exported from Adobe Illustrator with unsatisfactory
> > results. The only way I can seem to use a non-standard font is if I do
> an
> > outline of the fonts before exporting the SVG, but that doesn't allow me
> to
> > use string substitution and embedding the font within the SVG doesn't
> seem
> > to make any difference whatsoever.
>
> I am not sure how Adobe embeds fonts into SVG files but I would be
> surprised if
> rsvg could render that. The easiest way to do what you want is to install
> the
> font system wide and use it in the SVG. You might also try Inkscape to edit
> the files when Illustrator fails.
>
> > - J
>
> Tobias
>
>
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