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help using fonts leztec 07 Jan 16:50
  help using fonts Alexandre Prokoudine 07 Jan 16:56
   help using fonts leztec 07 Jan 17:19
    help using fonts Alexandre Prokoudine 07 Jan 17:56
     help using fonts leztec 07 Jan 18:49
     help using fonts Mark Bourne 07 Jan 21:27
leztec
2014-01-07 16:50:40 UTC (over 10 years ago)
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i have just updated my version of gimp to the 2.8.10 on my pc running xp. now when i go to add text some fonts (TrueType Font file) work fine. but other fonts (standard Font file) just dose not work and only appears as the sans font . i have many fonts that i use that now longer work and any help to rectify this would be very much appreciated :) .

Alexandre Prokoudine
2014-01-07 16:56:58 UTC (over 10 years ago)

help using fonts

07 . 2014 . 20:51 "leztec" :

i have just updated my version of gimp to the 2.8.10 on my pc running xp.

now

when i go to add text some fonts (TrueType Font file) work fine. but

other fonts

(standard Font file) just dose not work and only appears as the sans font

.

Hi, there is no such thing as standard font file. Could you be more specific please? Are those fonts OpenType fonts (.otf)? Could you point us to any particular font? Thanks :)

Alexandre

leztec
2014-01-07 17:19:47 UTC (over 10 years ago)
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07 . 2014 . 20:51 "leztec" :
now
other fonts
.

Hi, there is no such thing as standard font file. Could you be more specific please? Are those fonts OpenType fonts (.otf)? Could you point us
to any particular font? Thanks :)

Alexandre

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.

Alexandre Prokoudine
2014-01-07 17:56:03 UTC (over 10 years ago)

help using fonts

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

leztec
2014-01-07 18:49:55 UTC (over 10 years ago)
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You can tell us file extension of that font or the font's name, can you? :)

Alexandre

hi thanks for your quick reply's. i have sorted it now. was my fault. when i updated, it set the font directory back to default. an i have my fonts in a separate location. quick change of directory and they all work properly again.

Mark Bourne
2014-01-07 21:27:36 UTC (over 10 years ago)

help using fonts

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.