Re: [Gimp-user] Text with accents

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 07:32 +0100, Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list wrote:
> Hi,
>  when I type ä
> (a-umlaut if you can't read that) I just get a plain a.  Similarly
> with other accents, although my key for ß (capital letter sharp S)
> works.

Make sure the font supports this character.
For example, open it in fontforge. Or, make a text file with the ü in
it and some other characters, and run,
pango-view --font='Helvetica 36'
(where Helvetica is the name of the font you are using).

> I'm using regular accents e.g. U+00e4 for small letter a with
> diaeresis, not combining characters because I don't have those
> mapped on my keyboard.

It should work fine.


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