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> 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? > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list gnome org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list 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. -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |