On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 01:36:15AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 19 October 2021 21:23:50 Cliff Pratt via gimp-user-list wrote: > > > The 'text problem' has been discussed many times, and the root cause > > is people not understanding how the tools works. I did (for my own > > satisfaction) quite a lot of fiddling with the tool + its options, and > > I've been able to reproduce all the issues that I've seen reported. As > > far as I can recall the issue was that the users were trying to change > > things in two places, in the on screen editor, and in the tool > > options. Changes in the on screen editor only apply to that box. > > Changes to the tool options apply to either the current box or the > > next box created. Changes to the current box are never (so far as I > > can make out) applied to the tool options. There is no hidden default. > > The tool options can be changed and are saved between sessions and the > > next time you open GIMP they will be the same as they were when you > > last shut down. > > > > Cliff > > I wish that were true, but I've had to expand the size of the font from > invisible to 100 points or more for every box of text I've used to add > captions or labels to a picture for at least 20 years. If its a tool > option, tell me please how to set it so its big enough to be read by > default. I ATM, have whatever version is std for debian stretch. >
It is not a tools option problem It is just broken. Everytime I use it it defaults to 62pts and it refuses to change. It is just broken It didn't used to be. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
