Why no Fonts?

[NBD_GU]

Hi all,

I am very new to GIMP. I have just installed v 2.8.22. I have immediately hit a problem. I was just trying to get familiar with how it worked by entering some text. When I did this I noticed that the only font that was being offered was 'sans'. There was no drop down selection to give me other choices.

I have attached a copy of the screen I am seeing.

I am on windows 10. I've looked in the folder users/(user name)/.gimp-2.8/fonts and there is no file present.

Can anybody advise me why I don't appear to be getting any fonts to use. Without these the software is pretty useless.

[rich2005]

Your screen shot did not come through.

Hopefully you have found how to get into single window mode Windows -> Single Window Mode

Normally you might use the Font Tool Options. Click in the font icon and a pop-up list appears.

screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/V9QwIXA.jpg

Not the only way. You can add a Font dialogue Windows -> Dockable Dialogues -> Fonts

A short video demo of options http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChcTE9KROmc&hd=1

Quote:...snip..I am on windows 10. I've looked in the folder users/(user name)/.gimp-2.8/fonts and there is no file present...

Pleased you found that. That is where you add extra fonts that only Gimp can use. Much better there than installing in Windows where a bad font can screw things up.

[NBD_GU]

Hi Rich,

That is what I call service! One query and a few minutes later I have an answer. The windows--> Dockable Dialogues --> Fonts brought up the fonts and I managed to successfully pick one and use it.

I'm sure there will be many more queries over the next few days as I explore GIMP.