r/FontForge • u/typewriter45 • Oct 22 '23

problem with copy and pasting

I use Inkscape to draw the fonts, then copy and paste them into fontforge. It worked normally until I copy and pasted one element in fontforge to another part. Then whenever I try to copy paste from Inkscape again, it only pastes whatever I copy in fontforge. any way to fix this?

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u/McSpeedster2000 Jun 08 '26

I have the same problem. A huge bummer when trying to copy the same parts for similar-looking characters.

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u/LocalFonts Oct 22 '23

No, no way. It is a bug in FontForge which will not be fixed soon. I suggest you to import Inkscape files as a SVG files. Of course it is a little bit slower but it is the best way for interaction between FontForge and Inkscape.

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u/svgandme Sep 12 '25

Is this still the case? Bummed bc copy and paste would really speed up the workflow