So I have created a reference to my font folder "D:\PROGRAMS\FONTS" so that files in this path will show up in "%USERPROFILE%/.fonts". You don't know your username? You can open CMD and type "whoami" (without quotes) and you will see: If you installed Windows on E: drive, then it will be on E:\Users) "%USERPROFILE%" Means your Windows username folder, My username path is: C:\Users\AdminStrator (Any username will be under C:\Users. InkScape looks in your "%USERPROFILE%/.fonts" for fonts. Open Inkscape and you be able to use your fonts without installing them. Copy this command from Notepad and paste it in CMD.ĥ. So the final command will be like this: mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\.fonts" "D:\PROGRAMS\FONTS"Ĥ. Remove (Your font folder path here) and paste your path. Steps (Using WIndows 10):ġ.Open CMD with Administrator rights (Type CMD in Start Menu then right click on CMD icon and choose "Run as administrator").Ģ.Copy this command into Notepad: mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\.fonts" "Your font folder path here"ģ. What is Symlink?Ī symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a term for any file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution.
So I used this method to let my font folder readable within Inkscape without installing fonts. The intended activation/deactivation of fonts out of FontBase does not work with that, possibly slowing down your system's performance speed." " load all fonts in that folder within Inkscape.
#Fontbase fonts not activating how to
Where he explains how to make "SkyFonts" work with Inkscape, but as mentioned above: Link to comment
Folder function doesn't work too for me, I have made a "Symlink" to my font folder to let them show in Inkscape.
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