Birds of Paradise font

[jerry1939]

Yesterday I was downloading script fonts.  Birds of Paradise was available.  A few years ago, you folks were saying it's not showing up in Inkscape any longer.  Tried to download it & Bill Gates said that I already have it (checked Inkscape, it's not there).  Looked in Microsoft Word and found it there.

Computer is Windows 10 Edge & Inkscape is version .92

jerry

[teachnlearn]

If you can find the font on Microsoft Word, grab it and move it to the Font Folder. RJF

Searched info on Font Folder location. RJF

Where are fonts stored in Windows 10 and font folder location?

To install fonts in Windows 10, do the following. Open the classic Control Panel app. Go to Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Fonts. Open File Explorer. Go to the folder where you store your font files. Drag the fonts you have from their location and drop them into the Fonts folder:

[don in brooklin on]

Hi Jerry

I have seen this posted a number of times and I do not have this problem

I did some investigation and it might not mean a thing but......

1.  I am running Inkscape 92.4 latest version.

2.  I looked at my bird of paradise font and the designer is a company called script house.  I went to there web site and I could not find the font.

3.  I went to dafont.com and looked at bird of paradise font and the designer is Herofonts.  On their site they sell the commercial license to BoP ($49) and it includes the numbers.  The font looks the same.  I wonder if they have some way of blocking the usage in Inkscape as they think you are using for commercial use.  

I have included my version of the ttf so if you want to delete your version and try this???.

 

Birds of Paradise © PERSONAL USE ONLY.ttf

[JimErn]

I run inkscape .91, and after installing birds of paradise, then starting up inkscape, it is there in the font list

Seems like I saw something somewhere about this with another font, and the inkscape forum knew about it and suggested going back one version while they worked on it - some time ago tho0ugh

 

[jerry1939]

8 hours ago, teachnlearn said:

If you can find the font on Microsoft Word, grab it and move it to the Font Folder. RJF

Searched info on Font Folder location. RJF

Where are fonts stored in Windows 10 and font folder location?

To install fonts in Windows 10, do the following. Open the classic Control Panel app. Go to Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Fonts. Open File Explorer. Go to the folder where you store your font files. Drag the fonts you have from their location and drop them into the Fonts folder:

I uninstalled Inkscape & installed the latest version.  Re-booted.  Following your instructions, I dragged the Birds of Paradise font to the folder on the very bottom left of that screen.  (This might have been my problem).  Being computer illiterate, I'm not sure if I dragged to the correct place.  The font is not in Inkscape.  IF I need to open another location, how do I find it?  No big deal, I have been using Ancestry SF, which is quite similar.  Only really trying this on a whim.

jerry

Edited July 21, 2019 by jerry1939
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[jerry1939]

8 hours ago, don in brooklin on said:

Hi Jerry

I have seen this posted a number of times and I do not have this problem

I did some investigation and it might not mean a thing but......

1.  I am running Inkscape 92.4 latest version.

2.  I looked at my bird of paradise font and the designer is a company called script house.  I went to there web site and I could not find the font.

3.  I went to dafont.com and looked at bird of paradise font and the designer is Herofonts.  On their site they sell the commercial license to BoP ($49) and it includes the numbers.  The font looks the same.  I wonder if they have some way of blocking the usage in Inkscape as they think you are using for commercial use.  

I have included my version of the ttf so if you want to delete your version and try this???.

 

Birds of Paradise © PERSONAL USE ONLY.ttf 95.55 kB · 2 downloads

For some reason I cannot open your attachment, but THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT !!!

jerry

[don in brooklin on]

Hi Jerry.

The file I attached is a ttf.  You should be able to click on it and it should ask you to open or save.  On save click and do save as. Then click on saved file to install.

In any case,  I don't think it will NOT fix the problem.  I loaded Inkscape on my other laptop.  Loaded my old font and it does not show.  Loaded the newer font and still did not show.

I use font nexus and it does not show there either on that laptop.

It is something to do with where windows loads fonts.  On the Inkscape page it talks a lot about the problem and they recommend downgrading Inkscape but that doesn't always work.  If you can sign on a administrator you can install font by right clicking and   install for all users.  Do not get this option with other laptop.

I have sent a note to Nexus font asking why and it I get a solution I will let you know.

 

[jerry1939]

A really big Thank You all for trying so hard !!!   So far, nothing is working.  Quite possibly that I have Windows 10 Edge.  Anyway, it's not worth bothering with.  Will continue to use ANCESTRY SF.  Very little difference.  

jerry

[teachnlearn]

Right click the start box then click search. Your now seeing all the folders. You can click through folders all day. Scroll down to local drive C. This is your hard drive that has everything. Click the C drive. Your now seeing all of your hard drive. Programs are either in program or program 86. I found Inkscape in program files. The arrows and the top left will let you click out of folders or go backwards from what you click. The search on the right will help search. If you click C drive and type fonts in the search your going to get every place fonts are listed on your hard drive.

If you right click the start box again you can open another search and find something else. Say you want to find the fonts in office and copy them to fonts folder or Inkscape if they use a fonts folder. You can use one search box for inkscape and the other to find office and move/ copy fonts between the to searches. My have to resize, move the searches from being on top of each other. The right search is pretty powerful and will help locate programs, files, fonts. If you click on local C drive you can search all day for anything on your computer.

If your trying to find something down loaded, like Dons file you can use the end part or the right part of the period of the file. Don's file is ttf, so going to C drive, clicking on it and putting ttf in the search you will find every ttf file. This works for pdf, svg and other files your trying to find. or type in the file name. I tried this with birds and anything with birds in it came up, including the font.

When you save files like Dons it usually in the file Downloads. Downloads will be found as a folder in the left side of the window pane when you right click start then search. This saving area can be changed, but is set this way when you got windows. So everything you downloaded is probably sitting in the download folder. RJF

Edited July 21, 2019 by teachnlearn

[teachnlearn]

My above post was edited. Inkscape was found in Program file. RJF

[Travis]

Try this:  Download the font, then right click the font file you just downloaded, then choose "Install for all Users"  Then relaunch Inkscape.

Sometimes computers think they're being clever giving you what they think you really want.  But they usually make it more difficult.

[don in brooklin on]

This works thank you  

I have another laptop that I could not get this to work on and so I added another account and then it works. It also appears that you have to extract the font after you  down load to your computer just not open and install.

Thanks Travis

[jerry1939]

On 7/21/2019 at 8:22 AM, don in brooklin on said:

Hi Jerry.

The file I attached is a ttf.  You should be able to click on it and it should ask you to open or save.  On save click and do save as. Then click on saved file to install.

In any case,  I don't think it will NOT fix the problem.  I loaded Inkscape on my other laptop.  Loaded my old font and it does not show.  Loaded the newer font and still did not show.

I use font nexus and it does not show there either on that laptop.

It is something to do with where windows loads fonts.  On the Inkscape page it talks a lot about the problem and they recommend downgrading Inkscape but that doesn't always work.  If you can sign on a administrator you can install font by right clicking and   install for all users.  Do not get this option with other laptop.

I have sent a note to Nexus font asking why and it I get a solution I will let you know.

 

The font shows that it is already installed.  Shows up in MS Word, but not Inkscape.  No big deal.  Thank you for trying Don.

[teachnlearn]

7 minutes ago, jerry1939 said:

The font shows that it is already installed.  Shows up in MS Word, but not Inkscape.  No big deal.  Thank you for trying Don.

Maybe someone will remember, I seem to remember a set of fonts developed just for word process, maybe even just MS Word. True-type or something like that. It worked on specific programs, but wouldn't work with every program. If you wanted the same font, you had to load the common file type. Wonder if you have a version that is word processor specific.

Seem to remember some old printers had claims of being preloaded with so many of these fonts. Anyone remember the specifics? Jerry maybe working with this set and it won't show for inkscape. RJF