Image not found when pasting SVG into Glyphs Mini

Glyphs
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Hi.
Firstly, I had problem with finding any information about SVG files in Glyphs Mini handbook. From other forum posts I assume I can import SVG by drag&drop or by pasting.

I tried with multiple files – created by myself (Figma) or downloaded from the internet. The simplest file I gave a try looks like this:

<svg height="24" width="24">
  <path d="M12 4 L20 20 L4 20 Z" />
</svg>

I tried drag&drop, paste and Add Image. Everytime in the glyph edit view. Each time I got red text (not a dialog or something) Image Not Found: file-name.svg. Pasting PNGs works.

What am I doing wrong?

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What versions of Glyphs Mini do you have?

Dragging the .svg you showed above into the edit view, results in this for me:

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Bildschirmfoto 2023-04-17 um 10.12.08876×928 18.5 KB

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Glyphs Mini: 2.1.6 (116)

Works OK in Glyphs 3.1.2 (3151) though.

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Was the glyph open for editing or was the text tool active?

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Yes, glyph edit view was active, nad after your question I tried with many tools active – same result all the time. Do you need some screenshot or recording?

6

How exactly are you adding the svg. What do you mean be “pasting”? Where do you copied from?

7

Sorry for a late reply. I really appreciate your time of response.

I have the same result using 3 methods in Glyph mini:

  1. Copy file from Finder and pasting it in the glyph edit view
  2. Drag & drop from Finder onto glyph edit view
  3. Using Add Image menu command in the glyph edit view

In Glyphs (not mini) I encountared another problem – it pastes empty square for this particular SVG. I think I’m doing something wrong.

I tried to change file’s location, cause I was using Google Drive (downloaded file, though) but without success.

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Can you put the file on the desktop or the download folder and make sure you can open it in Preview or any other image app. Then put the .glyphs file next to it and then add the file to the edit view?

If that doesn’t work, can you send me both files?

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Was this ever resolved?
I am using glyphs Mini 2.1.9 (121) and I am having the same issue as described by @marcin.ukleja in the inital post.

I also tried these 3 methods of import

  1. Copy file from Finder and pasting it in the glyph edit view
  2. Drag & drop from Finder onto glyph edit view
  3. Using Add Image menu command in the glyph edit view
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I’m having the same problem. I even made my own copy of the simple SVG from above and I get the same error. This shows the folder structure.

Documents > TestFont > Test Font Glyphs Mini.glyphs
Documents > TestFont > svg > [all the svgs]

The SVGs were all created using DrawBot. I auto-traced images of a font I created and exported an SVG for each glyph. Here’s a sample svg from DrawBot:

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I just purchased Glyphs Mini because the site states that it supports drag and drop for SVG. I hope I can figure this out. Any help is much appreciated!

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I worked around this problem by using FontForge. I imported the SVGs into the glyphs in FontForge, exported the font as OTF, then imported the OTF into Glyphs Mini. Obviously, I could just use FontForge for the whole process, but I find Glyphs Mini to be a significantly easier and more enjoyable experience.