I think I found the problem. I don't see this exact issue addressed in FAQs or other posts. I checked my font installation and found that all the fonts that were giving me problems were installed properly in the Windows directory, no shortcuts. They are all true type fonts from "Altsys Metamorp...

Thanks for your detailed reply. Some comments below Some programs will find and run fonts that are not actually installed as windows system fonts, Inkscape will use system installed fonts. This can be confusing, e.g. if GIMP can use a font, but Inkscape can't. Similarly, Windows can install fonts v...

I have a Win 7 64-bit machine. I just downloaded Inkscape .91 I am new to Inkscape and cant get a windows true-type font (Betsy) to be applied. It shows up on the font list but is displayed as a generic font, san-serif apparently. and only regular font, no bold or italic. The font is installed on my...