On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Greg A. wrote:

The range of fonts and such is pretty extensive in GIMP but naturally I can't find what I want :-) I'm looking for blocky kind of letters, kinda grafitti. Anybody know of a library of fonts and letters maybe? Thanks much.....

Something like dafont.com?

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Greg A. wrote:

I'm missing something??  I can view but can't figure out how to use??? Thanks...

You certainly seem to be missing something. :) What are you trying to do?

Anyway, you probably want to start by RTFMing here:

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-text.html

Gimp will use fonts installed in your system.

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Greg A. wrote:

I'm trying to either add some of the fonts to GIMP or somehow be able to use them. I read all through section 6.6, can't seem to learn how to use fonts that don't exist in GIMP???

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On Saturday 03 July 2010, Greg A. wrote:

Wow, what a cool site Branko. Now I have too freakin many styles to choose from :-) Thanks man, ya done good.....

Another site that has truetype fonts galore is

Some of those are quite nice, they work in OOo, and should be usable by gimp too.

Greg A. wrote:

I'm missing something?? I can view but can't figure out how to use???

View where, in the Text tool options, in the fonts folder of your computer, or on the web?

I did not see in any of your posts what platform you are using; I am on WIN XP, and besides all fonts installed locally in GIMP, I have access to all the fonts in the Fonts folder of the OS.

ns

Greg A. wrote:

I'm missing something?? I can view but can't figure out how to use???

View where, in the Text tool options, in the fonts folder of your computer, or on the web?

I did not see in any of your posts what platform you are using; I am on WIN XP, and besides all fonts installed locally in GIMP, I have access to all the fonts in the Fonts folder of the OS.

ns

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Greg A. wrote:

I appreciate that Gene, but how do I get GIMP to import or otherwise make these fonts available for use?  Thanks much for your help....

As I mentioned before, Gimp should pick up any fonts that are installed in the operating system.

On 07/04/2010 10:01 AM, Greg A. wrote:

I don't understand what that means? How do I get these new fonts into the operating system? I'm using XP, and sadly am not a computer guru. Could I ask for perhaps a step by step of how I get a font from this website into my operating system, then access it using GIMP? I appreciate the time you guys have spent but my intellect level isn't a high as your's. Thanks.....

If you look at the dafont.com site, the instructions for installing the fonts are on the home page:

"How to install a font (details in the Help section) Unzip the files you have downloaded, then:

* Windows 7/Vista: Right-click on the font files > "Install" * Windows XP: Put the font files into C:\Windows\Fonts * Mac OS X: Double-click the font file > "Install font" button. Other OS..."

Those instructions should work with any font you download from any site. At the dafont.com site, there are more detailed instructions here:

http://www.dafont.com/faq.php

Peace...

Tom

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Greg A. wrote:

I don't understand what that means? How do I get these new fonts into the operating system? I'm using XP, and sadly am not a computer guru.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=install+fonts+windows+xp

;)

Chris

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Greg A. wrote:

I don't understand what that means? How do I get these new fonts into the operating system? I'm using XP, and sadly am not a computer guru.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=install+fonts+windows+xp

Holy shit, Chris. The most beautiful RTFM message ever! :D

On Sunday 04 July 2010, Greg A. wrote:

I appreciate that Gene, but how do I get GIMP to import or otherwise make these fonts available for use? Thanks much for your help....

There is a help button at the top right of the main window. Section 5.2 in my copy describes this and will tell you how to add a new font.

HTH.