Re: [newbie] Another fonts question

[John Richard Smith]

Aron Smith wrote:

On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 15:26, John Richard Smith wrote:
 

Aron Smith wrote:

   

On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 14:51, John Richard Smith wrote:

     

Marco Verheul wrote:

  

       

Hi all,

Well, several questions actually...

I received a cd I ordered containing 6800 true type fonts. Installing
them with Mandrake Control Centre goes smoothly. But:
1. Are there any drawbacks when I install the whole lot?

2. I noticed not all installed fonts are available in The Gimp (where I
need them most). Is thare an easy way to make all installed fonts
available to Gimp?
3. When installing 6800 is too much, is there a recommended way to
manage the fonts. Is there a tool where fonts can be viewed from the
*.ttf file?
Thanks and regards,
Marco
    

         

I don't know the answer to your questions, but I would be interested 
where to obtain all these fonts.
  

       

Gimp tip where you select the size of the font type a number up to 850
(you will get that size font (great for making banners) 

     

As a matter of interest you wouldn't know how to add white text to photo 
images would you, so far I haven't figured it out. I suppose I should 
ask this as another thread, still it is font related.
   

Not offhand  if I can find Gokking the Gimp i might be able to find out.
 

John
   

I had a fiddle with gimp last night and found,

After displaying the image file in gimp in the usual way,
double LMC the " T " in the gimp window, up comes tool options, not sure 
what it does.
Move cursor over image window and  RMC --> tools - text .
LMC image window - up comes texttools
select font / size and type the required text in field provided - OK
grab text on image and drag to position.

Only trouble is it's Black Text only, how do you change the colour ?

note;
LMC = left mouse click
RMC= right mouse click
John

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