Install a font manager see: https://community.linuxmint.com/software...nt-manager
This my kubuntu 22.04 As you see, all those foreign language Noto variations disabled, plenty others as well. 332 in all.
There are also 4 User fonts, Rather than add fonts to the system folder, make a ~/.fonts folder and put them there. Fonts specifically for Gimp only go in ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/fonts/
This my kubuntu 22.04 As you see, all those foreign language Noto variations disabled, plenty others as well. 332 in all.
There are also 4 User fonts, Rather than add fonts to the system folder, make a ~/.fonts folder and put them there. Fonts specifically for Gimp only go in ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/fonts/