Inkscape does not see some of the fonts (Windows)
This was a bug in versions of Inkscape up to 0.43, caused by using an obsolete font cache. This cache is stored in the file called .fonts.cache-1. This file may be in your Windows folder, or in your Temp folder, or in "My documents" folder, or in the folder listed in the $HOME environment variable. Use file search by name to locate this file. Then simply delete this file and restart Inkscape; now it will see the new fonts.
If you are using 0.44 or 0.45 then OpenType/PostScript and Type1 fonts are not supported (this is a side-effect of the method used to fix the previous bug).
The issues with OpenType/PostScript and Type 1 fonts have been fixed in Inkscape 0.46.

Windows internally supports several different types of font:

Bitmap and vector fonts (red "A" icon) will never be supported by Inkscape because they are too simple to be useful for drawing. They're generally used on-screen only.
TrueType fonts (blue/gray "TT" icon) are fully supported
Type1 fonts (red "a" with shadow icon) are fully supported since 0.46
OpenType fonts (green/black "O" icon) come in two subtypes: TrueType outlines and PostScript outlines. To tell the difference, double click the font file from Control Panel, Fonts and read the second line of text. TrueType outlines are fully supported. PostScript outlines are fully supported since 0.46.

Bolding has no effect on some fonts
Some fonts are available with in an unique, "normal" variant, i.e., no italics or bold. Nonetheless, Inkscape currently displays four styles available for them: Normal, Italics, Bold, Bold Italics. Italics is correctly faked by inclining the font, but bolding cannot be faked at this point. Since the font file does not have a Bold variant, the result would likely be of poor quality, anyway. You should rather consider using a font with a real Bold variant.

tylerdurden wrote: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 via shortcut (where the font data file resides in another folder) and Inkscape cannot use those fonts until they are installed with the data file the Windows fonts folder.

So, ensure the font is windows-installed in the windows font folder.
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=18252
I will try this

Another tactic is to find a similar font that will work, If "Betsy" is a keyboard-keycap looking font, maybe try "Keystroke" (all caps) or a similar knockoff.

Bitmap fonts don't work in Inkscape, most open fonts and truetype fonts do...
This is a True Type Font

I had seen the post below, but it ddnt seem to appy because this is a truetype font and I am using Inkscape .91

Inkscape does not see some of the fonts (Windows)
This was a bug in versions of Inkscape up to 0.43, caused by using an obsolete font cache. This cache is stored in the file called .fonts.cache-1. This file may be in your Windows folder, or in your Temp folder, or in "My documents" folder, or in the folder listed in the $HOME environment variable. Use file search by name to locate this file. Then simply delete this file and restart Inkscape; now it will see the new fonts.
If you are using 0.44 or 0.45 then OpenType/PostScript and Type1 fonts are not supported (this is a side-effect of the method used to fix the previous bug).
The issues with OpenType/PostScript and Type 1 fonts have been fixed in Inkscape 0.46.

Windows internally supports several different types of font:

Bitmap and vector fonts (red "A" icon) will never be supported by Inkscape because they are too simple to be useful for drawing. They're generally used on-screen only.
TrueType fonts (blue/gray "TT" icon) are fully supported
Type1 fonts (red "a" with shadow icon) are fully supported since 0.46
OpenType fonts (green/black "O" icon) come in two subtypes: TrueType outlines and PostScript outlines. To tell the difference, double click the font file from Control Panel, Fonts and read the second line of text. TrueType outlines are fully supported. PostScript outlines are fully supported since 0.46.

Bolding has no effect on some fonts
Some fonts are available with in an unique, "normal" variant, i.e., no italics or bold. Nonetheless, Inkscape currently displays four styles available for them: Normal, Italics, Bold, Bold Italics. Italics is correctly faked by inclining the font, but bolding cannot be faked at this point. Since the font file does not have a Bold variant, the result would likely be of poor quality, anyway. You should rather consider using a font with a real Bold variant.

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php ... Windows.29


Recent note, maybe helpful for some, related to font variants:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=16452&p=68600