Re: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 23/11/16 21:11, TimH wrote:
> I went through and cleaned a whole load of fonts out of my Windows 8 system -
> including a lot of system fonts. That change is not reflected in GIMP, which
> persists in showing me the old system fonts including the non-western languages,
> which, being a Westerner, I do not use. I can confirm that they are not in my
> windows system fonts directory. I can also confirm that there are no folders
> listed under Edit - Preferences - Folders - Fonts.
>
> So where are these font references stored. I'm talking about fonts like Batang -
> which, when I select it, does not display Batang font, just Western. Are they
> hard coded in GIMP somewhere? Does GIMP pick up what's installed when it itself
> is installed, and then never forget them?

Hazy memory (I have not used Windows recently) but look for a 
"fontcache" directory somewhere in your "Application Data" directory 
tree. Then remove it. Next Gimp startup will take a while rebuilding it, 
looking at the existing system fonts.