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Help with missing font - rdh61 - 02-24-2018
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.
RE: Help with missing font - rich2005 - 02-24-2018
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-tools/files/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
RE: Help with missing font - rdh61 - 02-26-2018
(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-tools/files/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.
RE: Help with missing font - rdh61 - 02-26-2018
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.