Help with missing font

[rdh61]

Hi,

II produced a book cover with the text in a font whose name I cannot remember. Now I need to edit the text. In the meantime I have upgraded my computer and reinstalled GIMP (running Linux Mint). But this version of GIMP apparently does not recognise the font I used. I'd rather not change the font. Is there any way I can get a larger batch of fonts installed which might contain the one I used? Or any other suggestions?

Many thanks.

[rich2005]

If you still have the Gimp .xcf file and the text layer, one of ofnuts plugins can display information.

text-info-0.1.py about 22 down from here http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-too...s/scripts/

looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/lEVzExG.jpg

If you only have a flattened file, jpeg/png/tif then you could try cropping out the text and uploading to a search site such as http://www.whatfontis.com Even if the font is not recognised you might get a close-enough match.

This sort of thing: https://i.imgur.com/YdUPkTi.jpg

edit:

Quote: Is there any way I can get a larger batch of fonts installed which might contain the one I used? Or any other suggestions?

A large collection of free-to-use fonts: https://fonts.google.com/

Individual fonts here: https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/master/ofl
The collection as a large zip https://github.com/google/fonts/

These are best used as-and-when required. There should be a decent font file viewer in LM. Identify the one you want, then just copy in-and-out of ~./gimp-2.8/fonts

[rdh61]

(02-24-2018, 12:55 PM)rich2005 Wrote: If you still have the Gimp .xcf file and the text layer, one of ofnuts plugins can display information.

text-info-0.1.py about 22 down from here http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-too...s/scripts/

looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/lEVzExG.jpg

If you only have a flattened file, jpeg/png/tif then you could try cropping out the text and uploading to a search site such as http://www.whatfontis.com Even if the font is not recognised you might get a close-enough match.

This sort of thing: https://i.imgur.com/YdUPkTi.jpg

edit:

Quote: Is there any way I can get a larger batch of fonts installed which might contain the one I used? Or any other suggestions?

A large collection of free-to-use fonts: https://fonts.google.com/

Individual fonts here: https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/master/ofl
The collection as a large zip https://github.com/google/fonts/

These are best used as-and-when required. There should be a decent font file viewer in LM. Identify the one you want, then just copy in-and-out of ~./gimp-2.8/fonts

Many thanks. Yes, I still have the .xcf file. I'll look into it as soon as i get a moment today.

[rdh61]

Update. Thank you rich2005. The first method didn't work. The ofnuts text info plugin displayed the font just as "sans" and the size as 18 pixels, whatever actual used. However, I managed to identify the true font (Gentium) and download it using the whatfontis website you kindly provided the link for. So, problem solved.