Re: [Gimp-user] help using fonts

[Mark Bourne <gimp-users mbourne spamgourmet com>]

Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:19 PM, leztec wrote:
>
> > im not very pc lol when i look at the property's of the font files that don't
> > work they just say they are a 'Font File' .  if it helps the file logos in
> > question look like a a4 paper with a 'T' on it.
>
> You can tell us file extension of that font or the font's name, can you? :)
>
> Alexandre

Unfortunately the default setup of Windows Explorer, as of Windows XP I 
think, is to hide file extensions. Many people probably don't even 
realise file extensions exist, let alone how to show them (or the 
security implications of not knowing whether they're about to open a 
.jpg or .exe file!)

For the OP and anyone else who doesn't know: from Windows Explorer open 
Tools menu (Alt+T for Windows Vista and 7, which also hide the menus by 
default!) > Folder Options > View > deselect "Hide extensions for known 
file types" and click OK. The extension is then the part after the last 
"." in the file name.

More unfortunately, in this case, that still doesn't seem to help since 
extensions are still hidden in the special Fonts folder... but File > 
Properties > General does shows the extension in brackets after the file 
type - e.g. "Font File (.fon)" or "TrueType Font File (.ttf)" - or at 
least it does on the Windows Vista system I'm on at the moment...

Looks like the original problem is solved anyway.