Thanks everybody for all the help.

I guess I found part of the answer. This online book about Inkskape (http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text.html) says: "There are three types of text objects in Inkscape. The first is regular text. The second is flowed text; this is a text object that includes a rectangular frame. T...

I am trying to make a simple draw with only a background a text (sans-serif font) over it. However when I open the draw in GIMP it always appears with a black square in the spot I put the text in Inkscape. Is there a special setting or a trick to make it right? Thanks for any help. I am using Inksca...

Please, what does it mean when the font name appears striked in red in red in Text and Font panel? As I save the draw as SVG (Inkscape or plain) and import it in Gimp, the result is a the artwork with a black strip right in the spot where the font should be. I am using Xubuntu Linux and it seems tha...

Please, what does it mean when the font name appears striked in red in red in Text and Font panel? As I save the draw as SVG (Inkscape or plain) and import it in Gimp, the result is a the artwork with a black strip right in the spot where the font should be. I am using Xubuntu Linux and it seems tha...