Booklet texts not working

[stl1988]

When creating a QR booklet from the example found in https://github.com/kesiev/rewtro/blob/master/manual/datastorage.md, it only prints the page titles, but not the page texts.

[kesiev]

Hi! Do you have the Jost font installed?
From the project README:

Q: I've created an SVG cartridge but it looks like I'm missing a font...
A: I've used the Jost free font (Jost-500-Medium.otf). Download, install, restart your favorite vector editor and open the SVG again.

[stl1988]

That makes the font better, but otherwise doesn't solve the problem, sadly...

[kesiev]

Mmh. I suspect that browsers may not be able to show the SVG flowRoot tags correctly... Are you using some kind of SVG editor to open it, like Inkscape, or a browser? Which program are you using?

[stl1988]

I'm using Brave Browser, based on Chromium. But even when I open the SVG in Edge, it won't show the text.

[kesiev]

Okay, so that's it. Can you try opening it with something like Inkscape? It should be suggested somewhere in the manual page you mentioned.

[stl1988]

Inkscape shows the text for some reason...

[kesiev]

As mentioned before, Rewtro booklets use the flowRoot SVG tag to add text that automatically flows into a rectangle for the booklet page content. Browsers don't support that but just Inkscape and a few other SVG programs (I think?) display that correctly.

So Inkscape should be good enough for you to open it and print or PDF export the booklet easily. 😉