Font Characters Cut Off Inkscape

If you have installed a font and have found that the tops and bottoms of your characters are cut off, then this video should help. Depending on how the font was configured when it was made, you may find that the characters or glyphs are cropped when you use them in Inkscape. Thankfully there is a simple solution, if you convert your text object to a path using Path - Object to Path you will find that the missing sections of your text will reappear. A word of caution though - once you have converted it to a path you can not edit it with the Text Tool.
In this tutorial, I’m using the latest version of Inkscape - Inkscape 1.2
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[@sandram4670]

Thank you!

[@CreateForFree]

You're welcome!

[@ToyAddict]

Thanks!

[@CreateForFree]

You're welcome

[@jinelyscosme7936]

Thank you for your excellent tutorials!👍✨️ Artist here🙋🏽‍♀️

[@CreateForFree]

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[@renatoferreira4939]

Interesting topic and very well explained how to get around this problem. Thx! 👍

[@CreateForFree]

You're welcome

[@geoffphil]

I have noticed a similar issue when copying a text object in Inkscape,then pasting into Word. Text is clipped at the right side. Converting to a path first results in accurate text pasted into Word but is an extra step.

[@CreateForFree]

That's handy to know, thanks for that.

[@farelimm]

I have a multi-colored font and otp turns it black. Is there any way around this?

[@CreateForFree]

Sorry, I'm not sure. If your font characters are each a single colour, you could duplicate the text before using OTP then use the dropper tool to copy the colours to the corrected text (you will need to ungroup the text to separate into individual paths). If the characters are each multi-coloured you may have to try to replicate it. It's worth searching on Google and UA-cam first though as others would have had the same problem. If you find a good solution, please come back and share it.

[@janeofall]

Can you make a tutorial on how to make any font a dotted or dashed font? Like letters children would trace when they are beginning to write. A single dotted path for each letter instead of around the edges of the font.

[@CreateForFree]

That sounds like a good idea for a tutorial, I'll have to have a think about how best to achieve it. I think you may have to trace the letters out to get the best results. I would type the letter you want to trace. Duplicate it (ctrl + D), change the colour, then inset it using Path - Dynamic offset. Drag the handle in until you have a thin-ish line. you can then trace the letter with the Bezier tool. Open up the Fill and stroke dialog box (Object - Fill and Stroke...), under the Stroke Style tab, change the Dashes box to the dotted line you want.
You may find these 2 videos helpful:
Bezier Tool: ua-cam.com/video/47h04PW32t4/v-deo.html
Offsets: ua-cam.com/video/EEboNn601MU/v-deo.html
I'll try and make a tutorial in the not too distant future.

[@janeofall]

@@CreateForFree thank you so much for responding. I used your dynamic offset tutorial to make a font Fatter that did not have a bold. thank you so much for that. I was hoping that there was a way to convert the letters all at once to the dotted line instead of having to trace all separately.

[@CreateForFree]

@@janeofall Because a letter has a path around the outside and isn't a path with a stroke to make up the thickness, I don't think there is a simple solution, sorry.

[@janeofall]

@@CreateForFree Ok thanks.

[@tonylopez6922]

but why not fix it? is this hard to fix? Just asking.

[@CreateForFree]

A fix would be good, I don't know if there is a simple way Inkscape can accommodate fonts that have this problem. But until there is a fix for the problem, this is a good work around.

[@kargandarr]

No, this is definitely not helpful because I still might want to edit the text as text.

[@CreateForFree]

It is a bit frustrating, other than creating a font with the corrected glyphs, I don't know of another way. If you do find a better solution please let me know.