Hi,
I was aware of font issues in previous versions of inkscape (particularly with regard to mac), but something different seems to be happening in 0.47 - some fonts which i could use in 0.46 have dissappeared now - eg helvetica neue, which is a system font (not user) is simply not available in inkscape 0.47. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
Paul

Fonts that are installed in '/System/Library/Fonts' are no longer loaded in Inkscape 0.47 (due to issues with some of the font formats Apple uses).

The FAQ «Inkscape does not see some of the fonts» describes a workaround how you can convert some of the system fonts into *.ttf format and put them into '~/.fonts' (to avoid duplicate fonts).

Another way to enable those fonts (not recommended! - use at your own risk) would be to edit the font configuration file that comes with Inkscape.app and uncomment '/System/Library/Fonts':

1. quit Inkscape
2. Select the application 'Inkscape' in the finder, use the context menu 'Show Package Contents'
3. browse to 'Contents > Resources > etc > fonts' and open the file 'fonts.conf' in TextEdit (do not double-click it, use context menu 'Open With…' or drag&drop it on the TextEdit icon in the dock)
4. replace

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      <!-- <dir>/System/Library/Fonts</dir> -->

   with

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      <dir>/System/Library/Fonts</dir>

5. save the file and restart Inkscape

(don't forget to make a backup copy of 'fonts.conf' before you edit the file, just in case ;-)