Hi, "William Skaggs" <weskaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I would like to add some information about fonts to gimp-help-2, You have read http://gimp.org/unix/fonts.html, haven't you? I would also suggest not to duplicate that information in gimp-help-2 but simply to link to this page. If there's info missing, it should probably be added there. > Here is what I know: In Linux, you can add a Truetype or Freetype > font by putting it in your ~/.fonts directory or your > .gimp-2.0/fonts directory. I am sorry, but what is a FreeType font? You probably mean OpenType?! > Here is what I would like to know: > > 1) Can you use other types of fonts in GIMP? Are there any types > for which special things need to be done? You can use any font that FreeType2 can handle. By default, FreeType2 supports the following font formats: * TrueType fonts (and collections) * Type 1 fonts * CID-keyed Type 1 fonts * CFF fonts * OpenType fonts (both TrueType and CFF variants) * SFNT-based bitmap fonts * X11 PCF fonts * Windows FNT fonts * BDF fonts (including anti-aliased ones) * PFR fonts * Type42 fonts (limited support) (see http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/index.html#features). > 3) How do you add fonts in Windows, and what types of fonts can GIMP > use there? The same code is used to render fonts on Windows so the same information applies here. Actually we should move http://gimp.org/unix/fonts.html out of the unix directory. > 4) If you want to create special characters (i.e., non-ascii) with > the Text tool, what is the right (and/or easiest) way to do it? Use a character picker tool like gucharmap. gucharmap can also install a GTK+ input module so it is directly available from the right-click menu in the GIMP text editor. Sven
