I found a solution after looking into it a bit which you can read about here.
I’ve been getting a lot of feedback lately from some of you who claim that your fonts still aren’t populating in Inkscape despite following these steps. If any part of these instructions were unclear, please refer to the video tutorial at the top of the page or leave a comment below. Needs fixing (incorrect parsing, parsing not robust against variations in white-space). Reading of 'font-variation-settings' implemented. Newly-added font populated in GIMP And here’s how it looks in Inkscape Linked to recent libraries, Inkscape can use 'named' variations out-of-the box (i.e., one font file provides multiple styles).
INKSCAPE FONT PACK INSTALL
Once you’ve done that, your newly-added fonts should be ready to use. First download this file from Google Drive or MediaFire Extracting the zip file After extracting go-to destination file and press Ctrl+A & select all fonts Press Right Click and click on install or install for all users That’s it, Now you can use these fonts anywhere you want. Select your favorite font family from the drop-down. If you already have GIMP and/or Inkscape open, you’ll have to close out of them and reopen again in order for the new font(s) to populate in the font directory. Select the Text tool (F8 or T) and create a text object by clicking on canvas (without dragging).