Description of problem: (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/pending/inkscape-0.45.1+0.46pre1-4.fc8) In inkscape-0.45.1+0.46pre1-4.fc8, if you type text and try to switch using the text tool's toolbar drop down to switch fonts (it will open when you hit f8), the fonts won't ever switch. they are stuck on bitstream vera sans. If you use the pop up fonts dialog though (shift+ctrl+t) that will work. But the toolbar is far more convenient. Attaching an ogg screencast of the issue.
Created attachment 294955 [details] screencast demonstrating how you can't change fonts with the dropdown toolbar
And a screencast showing the font selector working as expected on my system: Fedora 8 with all updates and the Inkscape build mentioned in the bug report - http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/inkscape_fonts.ogg
Nicu: Thanks. May I ask -- did you press enter after picking the font or did the drop down menu disappear when you clicked the font? Please try choosing the text tool using F8 -- does the warning icon appear next to the font name picker?
I have NOT pressed enter: I select the new font from the drop down menu and is applied instantly, is enough to click anywhere else to get the drop down closed (or, as I use "select windows when the mouse moves over them" in Metacity, to move the mouse away). Pressing F8 the warning icon *does* appear.
Upstream spent some effort to fix these -- the patch is integrated in inkscape-0.45.1+0.46pre1-5.fc8. Could you please retest once it builds? I noticed just two very minor issues unfixed -- the warning icon and the fact that Fixed font cannot be used though it is present in the menu.
I am experiencing this problem under F10: $inkscape -version Inkscape 0.46 (Jan 13 2009) $rpm -q inkscape-0.46-6.fc10.1.i386
(In reply to comment #6) > I am experiencing this problem under F10: Upstream is currently reworking the font picker, unfortunately it probably won't be done until f11. The strange behaviour is generally observed when attempting to pick a bitmap font, which won't be of much use anyway.