Can’t render Hershey fonts

[Tirki]

Under Axidraw utilities when I try to render text or a font table I get the following error:

Usage: hershey.py [options] SVGfile

hershey.py: error: no such option: –otherfont

Anyone have any suggestions?

[Tirki]

Update I am using Inkscape .92

[Windell Oskay]

Try the Hershey Text in the Text (or possibly Render) submenu in Extensions.

[Tirki]

Same error dialog.

I have tried ‘Extensions/Axidraw/Axidraw utilities/hershey text’ and ‘Extensions/Text/Hershey Text’. Same error if I try to convert text to Hershey text or generate a font table.

It feels like a path error (Ubuntu 20.4) but I haven’t found it yet.

Thanks for all your help!

[Windell Oskay]

Maybe consider updating to the current software version?

[Tirki]

The current version of which software. I think hershey.py is current.

You did great comments in your code. Here is the time stamp:
Hershey Text 3.0.1, 2019-07-05

[Windell Oskay]

I’d suggest one of the following:

* Try a fresh install of Inkscape, and *do not* install the AxiDraw software, if you want to use the Hershey Text that’s included with Inkscape.

* Update to the current version of Inkscape (1.1) and install the current Axidraw software.

[Tirki]

Done and done with no change in behaviour.

I think I will just tinker with it until I get it sorted out. I really do not want to burn your time with something so trivial.

If I get it fixed, I will post here.

Thanks!

[Windell Oskay]

If you actually uninstalled the AxiDraw software, then there would not be a Hershey Text visible under AxiDraw Utilities, so it’s hard to believe that there would be “no change in behavior.”

[Tirki]

I did ‘apt-get purge inkscape’ thinking that would do it. I suspect that did not remove all the inkscape directories. I will hunt them donw and remove them.

Thanks!

[Windell Oskay]

Check your user extensions directory — you can find its location in Preferences, in the System panel.

The issue certainly seems to be that you aren’t running a version of Hershey Text that’s compatible with your version of Inkscape — it should be possible to track down how that’s possible.

[Tirki]

Just deleted the extension directory and I am back to the old Inkscape behaviour.

I prefer the Axidraw Inkscape extensions so I will tinker with that.

Thanks for the tip on the extensions directory. I can take it from here.

Cheers!

[Windell Oskay]

If you’d like the current version, then please do update to the current version, which works with Inkscape 1.0+.

[Tirki]

OK, all better now. My PPA was installing Inkscape .92. I purged that and the Inkscape extensions directory then did the snap install of Inkscape 1.1. That worked like a champ.

I installed your Axidraw extension in the Inkscape extensions directory and everything works now.

I appreciate all the time you put into this.

Cheers!

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