On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:43:36PM +0000, Joao Cruz Morais wrote:

Hi,

Im trying to type some text and bold it but can't seem to accomplish this with the last version of Gimp. Am I missing something or this is just not possible?

gimp will only use what the font delivers. you will need to find a font that has a bold version.

the gimp freetype plug-in (freetype.gimp.org) might have something like that available. i haven't looked in a while.

personally, i respect the font about this. one way that font authors (could) make money for their efforts (and making a font is no easy task) is to release the regular font for free and then to sell the complete set. personally, i think that any software app that allows users to over-ride this option that the font makers have should be made illegal and its sales considered at least a misdeameanor of theft in civil courts anywhere. any professional needing such a thing from a pixel painting app should also seriously consider the way they use the title "professional". they are the first group of people who should understand how that works.

anything else you want?

carol

On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 19:43 +0000, Joao Cruz Morais wrote:

Hi,

Im trying to type some text and bold it but can't seem to accomplish this with the last version of Gimp. Am I missing something or this is just not possible?

Thank you,
João C Morais

The default font for me is "Sans". If I click the button next to the font name, with images of "Aa" in that font, I get a font selection dialog. I can then select "Sans Bold" or "Sans Italic" or "Sans Bold Italic" or any of a wide range of other such fonts. YMMV.

Admittedly it's not as easy as selecting a block of text and clicking a "make this bold" button; the font selection is a bit more low-level than that.

-Mark Gordon, sans rant