Quote:...Developers should be notified of this default setting and have it changed to points for text size.No developers here, even so, unlikely to change. Gimp is a raster editor and uses pixels. For DTP you will be better off using say, Scribus.
However, although I do not use anything from A**le you should be able to set up Gimp the way you want to start up, the tool to start on, with its properties and any other tool, including the text tool font, size and units.
In Edit -> Preferences -> Tool Options untick Save tool options on exit Click on Save Tool Options Now Click on OK as this screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/rarz82X.jpg