чт, 28 июн. 2018 г., 23:48 GerryPeters:

When I want to audition a font, I go to the text tool and select the text. Look
to the left for the font box and click on the Aa to see all the fonts. The Aa is
really not enough to tell whether I like the font. I then choose one and to view
the result I need to deselect the text. I have to go through all that again to
view a new font.

It's very hard to choose a font just looking at the Aa. Has anyone put together
a better font view where I can see a few words in every font, instead of the Aa?

You really, really want using a font manager. Any one.

Alex

On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 22:17 +0200, GerryPeters wrote:

The Aa is
really not enough

Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts or youcan get there with the aaa icon at the lower right of the "Aa" font list.

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Thank you, that solves the problem. I love that I can select the text and use the arrow key to very quickly audition fonts. - great tip!

A font viewer / manager is the best way.

Just a reminder, it is possible to generate an image of all the installed fonts.

Right click in the Fonts dialogue. Of course depending on the number of fonts installed, it might indeed be a very long image.

Hi Liam,

On 29/06/18 01:49, Liam R E Quin wrote:

On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 22:17 +0200, GerryPeters wrote:

The Aa is
really not enough

Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts or youcan get there with the aaa icon at the lower right of the "Aa" font list.

I don't think that solves the OP's problem. That still only shows an upper and lower case A as a sample of any font.

I think he's looking for a tool that allows him to enter a phrase and then display that in all available fonts - something like what's available at:
https://fonts.google.com/

Greg Chapman

On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 15:29 +0100, Greg Chapman via gimp-user-list wrote:

Hi Liam,

On 29/06/18 01:49, Liam R E Quin wrote:

On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 22:17 +0200, GerryPeters wrote:

The Aa is
really not enough

Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts or youcan get there with the aaa icon at the lower right of the "Aa"
font list.

I don't think that solves the OP's problem. That still only shows an upper and lower case A as a sample of any font.

No, it shows the full fontname and a sample - if you are seeing just Aa, click on the icon at the lower right of that dialogue (in a right- to-left locale it might be at lower left).

I think he's looking for a tool that allows him to enter a phrase and
then display that in all available fonts - something like what's available at:
https://fonts.google.com/

Yes, use a font manager for that. Fontmatrix is the most featureful on Linux probably (but has some extremely dubious features); there's also a gtkfontmanager that's easier to use but does less.

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On 2018-06-29 12:38 PM, GerryPeters wrote:

A font viewer / manager is the best way.

There is also Font Manager and Fonty Python in Linux.

Just a reminder, it is possible to generate an image of all the installed fonts.

IIRC, you can do that via a feature in Scribus.

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I love that, it's really helpful. I can have some time to study the fonts and pick out the ones I like the best. Only problem is I can't figure out how to get all the fonts to do this. My list is about 40 fonts. I have way more than that.

That will be the filter(regex) setting. Default is sans so only sans fonts are rendered.

Remove that for all fonts.

Liam R E Quin writes:

Greg Chapman via gimp-user-list wrote:

I think he's looking for a tool that allows him to enter a phrase and then display that in all available fonts

Yes, use a font manager for that. Fontmatrix is the most featureful on Linux probably (but has some extremely dubious features); there's also a gtkfontmanager that's easier to use but does less.

I used to need this a lot, and I found fontmatrix impenetrable and couldn't find anything else that really did what I wanted, so I wrote a little Python script, Fontasia, that also lets you group your fonts into groups you choose, like script, monospace, computer etc. http://shallowsky.com/software/fontasia/ https://github.com/akkana/scripts/blob/master/fontasia

While inside GIMP, I use Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts as has already been mentioned, and use the down-arrow in that dialog to step through fonts. If I'm not sure, I'll use Duplicate Layer, turn off one of the duplicate layers then continue stepping through fonts with the later that's still visible, so I end up with several text layers showing the same text in different fonts.

...Akkana

I can't seem to find the filter(regex) setting. Where is it?

Thanks for all the help,

The default looks like this screenshot https://i.imgur.com/BO4UGvi.jpg

Just delete the 'sans' field.

Hi Liam,

On 29/06/18 19:14, Liam R E Quin wrote:

On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 15:29 +0100, Greg Chapman via gimp-user-list wrote:

Hi Liam,

On 29/06/18 01:49, Liam R E Quin wrote:

On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 22:17 +0200, GerryPeters wrote:

The Aa is
really not enough

Windows->Dockable Dialogues->Fonts or youcan get there with the aaa icon at the lower right of the "Aa"
font list.

I don't think that solves the OP's problem. That still only shows an upper and lower case A as a sample of any font.

No, it shows the full fontname and a sample - if you are seeing just Aa, click on the icon at the lower right of that dialogue (in a right- to-left locale it might be at lower left).

I'm using 2.8.10 (the latest available in the default Linux Mint repository) and I see the "Aa" button which is in the appropriate font together with the font name - and for my purposes that is rarely enough. I frequently want to be reminded what form the lower case a or g take and whether it differs dramatically in upright and italic form.

However, thanks to your prompt I hunted around and only just discovered the pre-installed script that generates an image that does what you describe using whatever whatever phrase to decide for the sample.

And that will be good enough for my purposes on those occasions when I need the facility.

Thanks for forcing me to investigate!

Greg Chapman

The default looks like this screenshot https://i.imgur.com/BO4UGvi.jpg

Just delete the 'sans' field.

I see, I looked everywhere in the program except that box - ha ha. Yes that works great. With the Sans filter I was able to export a PDF file and then print it. But with this the list is so long my printer won't print it. I'd love to print all the fonts for easy reference. What's the best way to do this?

As an aside, if you install Scribus, it has a font sample script gives a good presentation of a font. I have put a example output at http://rcook.pcug.org.au/scribus/FontSample_Example.pdf

I think you can get 6 fonts per page but when you have thousands of fonts, even that becomes unmanageable. So it is just sample the main ones you are likely to use.

Owen

I see, I looked everywhere in the program except that box - ha ha. Yes that works great. With the Sans filter I was able to export a PDF file and then print it. But with this the list is so long my printer won't print it. I'd love to print all the fonts for easy reference. What's the best way to do this?

Thanks,

I normally use linux but if you are using Windows try this (freeware) one https://www.sttmedia.com/printmyfonts

There is a linux version but it is missing the load fonts facility. Unfortunately Windows version does not work under WINE. I catalogued the several hundred google fonts in a Windows Virtual machine. Printing to PDF with A4 pages. example: https://i.imgur.com/maB5UzR.jpg

In Gimp? Add guides to split up the page. There are scripts to add multiple guides.

Use Image -> Transform -> Guillotine to split into separate images

The attached script will write those separate images to a single PDF. Unzip. There are two versions, one for Gimp 2.10 (cunning dev's changed the syntax)

The tedious bit, adding each image in the script dialogue.

best of luck

rich: www.gimp-forum.net

Stefan Trost program looks very good. I'd prefer to print only GIMP's fonts. I see there's a check box for system fonts and fonts from font files. Also there's "manage my fonts" where I can drag files, add files or search a folder. So where are the GIMP fonts located? In more than one spot? Or will printing the system fonts take care of it?

Thanks,

Really? Fonts specific to Gimp are in the Gimp profile. Location depends on operating system.

I am sure you can sort this out yourself. Still do not know what OS you are using.

If I was using the little utility, PrintMyFont, I would copy the Gimp fonts to a easy to locate temporary folder.

However for Windows 10 and Gimp 2.10 and the horrible Gimp profile ...\appdata\roaming\gimp\2.10\fonts\

Use Windows file explorer, go to the Gimp fonts folder and copy the location: https://i.imgur.com/mvXBYV4.jpg

Then starting PrintMyFont -> Open folder -> Search something like this, paste in and open: https://i.imgur.com/bCSiE2K.jpg

That gives a listing and File -> Export As: https://i.imgur.com/zwsx87E.jpg

Which prints to a PDF (probably the only good thing MS has done in years) : https://i.imgur.com/JVHKe2J.jpg

The GIMP fonts folder is empty. Since I'm using GIMP 2.8, I thought maybe the font folder would show up if I upgraded to the new GIMP 2.10. I did and it's font folder is empty too.

I had a feeling that might be the case. Gimp (any version) does not come with fonts.

This means that all the fonts that you might have added are now in the Windows structure. Not exactly system fonts but consider them that.

Never a good idea. Sooner or later you get a broken font that stops Gimp and and is not easy to remove in Windows.

If you want fonts that are only for Gimp, put them in the Gimp profile fonts folder, that is why it is there.

Also this new GIMP is
all black and not in color, except when I load in a project. Do I need to uninstall and reinstall it again or is the way the new GIMP looks?

Gimp 2.10 default theme is very dark grey. That is considered 'cool' these days, even if it is virtually unreadable.

Change in Edit -> Preferences theme (and icon theme) as screenshot.

I would be nice if there was a font folder that had all the Gimp fonts. Right now PrintMyFont is printing some Gimp fonts and also some ones not in Gimp. It's not complete.

Well you do not have any in Gimp. PrintMyFont only 'sees' .ttf fonts There might be some .otf fonts in there as well. I do not know, it is your computer. Want something better? Nothing I know for free, you might have to buy something.