Gimp menus unusable

[brucefenster@gmail.com]

Just downloaded ver 2.10.38 for intel to run on my Macbook Pro with quad-core Intel core I7 running OS 11.1.10. I'd like to try out the program.

The program is unusable as all the menus, even the working in the startup banner look like this:
   

How can I fix this?

Thanks

Bruce

[rich2005]

This issue has come up in the past. I cannot find anything really recent. There is this bug report from a couple of years ago
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/7589
It is quite long but there might be a fix in there somewhere. Some problem with MacOS fonts.

You could post another bug report and the place for that is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues

[brucefenster@gmail.com]

Well reading the "fixes" of downloading an activating The Sans Bold" font did not work for me. Then I got to thinking. Sure looked like a font corruption problem as others had mentioned in other posts about the same topic. Having been in the graphic art production field in a past life, my collection of active fonts exceeded 500 and that's not counting the already deactiveated Type 1 fonts. Apples Font Book allows one to easily load only those fonts that would have come with, in my case Big Sur 11.5.1. So I did just that. Temporarily disabled all my fonts but the standard Apple fonts. That fixed the problem. Gimp now opens and is usable. As I have time I'll have to methodically reactivate my font library and see if I can determine if one or more fonts are causing the problem. 

So for all the Mac folks, the fix is easy. Temporarily turn off all but the standard fonts and see if Gimp doesn't work. Then methodically add back the fonts you need.

Now that I can actually use Gimp, the font it is set to use is a little small and thin for my older eyes. How or where in the preferences can I change it to another font that might be a little easier for me to see?

Thanks

Bruce

[Tas_mania]

This page shows how   to edit  gtkrc on a Mac.

[rich2005]

(08-20-2024, 10:17 PM)brucefenster@gmail.com Wrote: So for all the Mac folks, the fix is easy. Temporarily turn off all but the standard fonts and see if Gimp doesn't work. Then methodically add back the fonts you need.

Now that I can actually use Gimp, the font it is set to use is a little small and thin for my older eyes. How or where in the preferences can I change it to another font that might be a little easier for me to see?

Good advice for MacOS users.

I wonder if adding a "User" gtkrc file to the User profile would work. It just supplements the theme and avoids editing it.

There is a example here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Issues...8#pid39998  

Easier to add (and remove if it does not work) than messing with the default theme files.

MacOS where is the User profile. ?
https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/GIMPProfi...0you%20use).

Fonts ?
I seem to recall the Apple Font-Book 'thing' causing problems in the past.  If you have a font file, something.ttf or .otf  you can add it to the fonts folder in your User profile. Only shows in Gimp.