I noticed that too, no ligatures and alternative characters at all or at least too few. I tend to switch between AI and IS depending on the task, but when it comes to pure vector creating from scratch IS beats AI by miles. Maybe I should grab a copy with 0.48.5 too.
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Thanks for the reply. It's my first time reaching the forums for help. I'm running Inkscape 0.91 on Windows 7 Ultimate. There's no difference between dropdown or Text and Font menu - weights are missing on both. I rarely use free fonts and if use them I use fonts from respected and well known foundr...

I love inkscape. It's my main vector editing software. I have a strange problem with installed fonts that I can't understand. Some of the font weights are missing in inkscape but they are accessible in AI. For example I have font that comes in 4 weights - light, medium, bold, black but in inkscape t...