[Gimp-user] Unused fonts

[TimH <forums gimpusers com>]

Thanks - the issue I could find in this forum was around OS X and indicating the
issue wasn't so much with GIMP as with OS X core services.

> Somebody had the same problem not too long ago. If there is a GIMP
> list
> archive, check there.
>
> Rick S.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: TimH
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 3:11 PM
> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> Cc: notifications gimpusers com
> Subject: [Gimp-user] Unused fonts
>
> 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?

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