[Windell] developed an Inkscape extension called Hershey Text that helps you process fonts into vector representations. If you’ve tried to 3D print, plot, or mill text in the past you may hav… ...

You can, of course, still add new text using Inkscape’s Text Tool. Upon saving a new PDF in Inkscape, you have the option to embed live fonts, convert text to paths, or omit text entirely.

Font dependencies can be removed by converting text to 'outline' — for example in Inkscape using the Path / Object to path menu choice, or similarly to 'curves' in CorelDraw using Layout ...