Re: [Gimp-user] Text rendering

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

Am 27.05.2017 um 04:13 schrieb zylstra:

> Hi, as you can see from my attached graphic comparing text rendering, GIMP
> renders text significantly smaller than other programs, including Paint.net,
> Image Composer, and MS Word.  (Oddly GIMP calls the font Impact Condensed,
> whereas all the other programs call it Impact.  However, I compared renderings
> with Courier New and got the same results.)
>  Why is this?  Can this be fixed?

Did you use the same unit and the same value for the font size?

> Attachments:
> * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/592/original/text_rendering_comparison.png

If you have e.g. used pixels in GIMP, and point in the other
applications, then the results may vary.

Modern Points are defined as 1/72th of an inch, and thus depend on the
image's ppi value - in GIMP 2.8, the PPI value is 72 ppi by default, so
it can be hard to notice a difference because one 1px equals 1 pt for
this value  (we're changing it to 300 PPI for 2.10, btw).


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Regards,
Michael
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