Allow use of additional fonts on Inkscape portable 0.48.4-1 (without Admin Rights)

[Stefan]

Version: Inkscape portable 0.48.4-1
OS: Win7 (without Admin Rights)

I tried to use additional fonts (i cannot install them into C:\Windows\fonts) , but no success

Installed fonts on InkscapePortable\App\Inkscape\share\fonts => No success
Installed fonts on InkscapePortable\Data\fonts => No success
Changed <dir>-Entry on InkscapePortable\App\Inkscape\etc\fonts\fonts.conf from ~/.fonts to C:/testfontfolder => No success
Deleted all <dir>-Entries on InkscapePortable\App\Inkscape\etc\fonts\fonts.conf => No effect

[Alexander Schenk (alx-schenk)]

Hi all,

although this item is a little bit older, I would strongly support a means to have Inkscape (windows version) scan and include a separate fonts folder (apart from the system folder).

I am too using Inkscape as a portable app, and have no admin rights on a regular basis. This limits the usability very much for me, as I can't use fonts in any project that are not installed on EVERY PC I happen to work on.

Thanks & greetings,
Alex.

[Victor Westmann (victor.westmann)]

True. This could be a super nice improvement on this already awesome project. Vote +1 for this feature.

[Patrick Storz (ede123)]

I added functionality to load fonts from additional directories in
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/compare/683029f31f0f1814c21ca65f7f113ac12b6242fb...2dc0f89864fded681d8ece1d077d6ff5c77bbe97

See also corresponding merge request:
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/102

Inkscape can now load fonts that are not installed on the system. By default Inkscape will load additional fonts from Inkscape's share folder (/share/inkscape/fonts) and the user's configuration folder (~/.config/inkscape/fonts). Custom folders can be set in preferences (see Tools → Text → Font directories).