Not seeing Fonts or DB in Inkscape...on MAC

[sgiacoman]

Can anyone tell me how to get any new fonts I have installed to show up in Inkscape on my MAC?
I also need help with using Fonts and Dingbats in Inkscape...for example I have a font that has a shadow and would like to separate the 2 layers in Inksape so I can import to SCAL and print on 2 different papers. Not too sure how to go about this. Any help or direction to a tutorial would be awesome!

Thanks!

[firstcut]

You have to install fonts in the topmost fonts folder in the file hierarchy on your Mac. Probably Macintosh HD>Library>Fonts. By default, fonts are installed in the user font folder instead. You have to move the ones that are already installed and you can change prefs in Font Book to install into the right folder in the future.

Once you get a shadowed letter into inkscape, convert to path and drag the parts to separate places on the page. Save in the same file and put 2 different colors in the corresponding spots on the mat once you've imported into SCAL.

[sgiacoman]

Thanks so much for the info..I put the fonts in the right place and now they show up in Inkscape. I am still unclear about how to separate them. Could you take me step by step on what to do. Say if I wanted to take a font that has an outline (shadow) and separate it from the front layer so I could cut both as layers in SCAL? I would so appreciate it.

Thanks!

[firstcut]

Can you tell me what font you are talking about? I want to make sure I give you the right instructions.

[sgiacoman]

Thanks for helping me with this...I was hoping to separate this font. Collegiate Heavy Outline from here
http://www.fontspace.com/character/coll ... vy-outline

Thanks!

[firstcut]

Sgia,
This font family comes with all the pieces already separated! Depending on what you want to do, you may be able to skip Inkscape altogether and just use SCAL.
http://www.fontspace.com/casady-and-gre ... teblackflf

In general, to learn how to break apart and separate pieces of an image, see this tutorial:
http://www.scrappydew.com/tutorials/fil ... lines.html