Fonts, Windows 8 and GIMP 2.8.4
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:28:32 +0200
From: ofnuts@laposte.net
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts, Windows 8 and GIMP 2.8.4
On 04/07/2013 10:49 PM, Linda Petersen wrote:
Hello,
I have been trying unsuccessfully for the past four hours to import
fonts into Gimp. They are in the Fonts directory. I can see them.
But when I launch GIMP and try to input fonts the only option I am
given is Sans.
Any help would be appreciated.
I am a new user to Graphics software, have a deadline coming up and
everything rests on being able to do text in a graphic.
Any help would be wonderful. Thank you in advance.
What "Fonts" directory? Go to Edit/Preferences and expands "Folders" at
the bottom and click on fonts. Is it one of the directories listed in
the panel on the right?
What is the extension of the files? TTF? OTF? Other?
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Unfortunately it is not that simple.
For a quick compare/contrast, on my GIMP (2.8.4, Windows XP Pro) the "Fonts" folders listed in my GIMP preferences are:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\.gimp-2.8\fonts
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2.8\share\gimp\2.0\fonts
The first folder is empty.
The second folder doesn't even exist.
And yet I can use pretty much all the fonts on my OS (including one I generated myself via FontForge).
So it sounds like the problem with your GIMP is that it (for some reason) isn't actually detecting the fonts installed on your system -- typically those in the C:\Windows\Fonts directory.
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