Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
Keith Athey wrote: > Tom, > > Could you list a few of the sites you liked for downloading windoze tffs? > I've been downloading my Windows TTFs from 1001freefonts.com (http://www.1001freefonts.com). They sell the fonts on a CD but you can download them individually, as I have been doing. When you go to that site, click on "Enter here" and NOT "PCFonts" or "Mac fonts" as you will be directed to some other site. If interested, I can send you samples of some of these fonts IN USE in an "Alien Glow" Script-Fu logo that I can create as a demo (Xtns/Script-Fu/Logos/Alien Glow). I use these fonts in GIMP 1.2.3 on Linux (2.4.20 kernel) and XFree86 4.2.1. Good luck! :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
Christopher Hicks wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tom Williams wrote: > > Christopher Hicks wrote: > > > I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of > > > the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font > > > and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" > > > in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a > > > tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for > > > this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. > > > > I have NOT found a workaround for this particular problem, but I have > > found another way around it: don't use 2-byte TTFs! :) > > But how can you tell what's going to be a 2-byte TTF and what's not? I don't know how to tell if any given TTF is a 2-byte TTF from a techincal perspective. From a practical perspective, I've found the more "fancy" or "artistic" TTFs tend to NOT be 2-byte fonts and I haven't run into any problems with using them. So, I guess the 2-byte problem (until GIMP is "fixed" or changed) really depends on which TTFs you need to use. Peace. Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tom Williams wrote: > Christopher Hicks wrote: > > I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of > > the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font > > and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" > > in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a > > tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for > > this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. > > I have NOT found a workaround for this particular problem, but I have > found another way around it: don't use 2-byte TTFs! :) But how can you tell what's going to be a 2-byte TTF and what's not? > I've been going to several sites that offer FREE Windows TTFs for > download and then installing them in my X font set (using ttmkfontdir I > believe is the utility) and now I've got a rich set of great Windows > fonts and I don't even both with the 2-byte TTFs anymore. At least, it's > worth investigating... :) Several of the fonts in question are from such sites, but in other instances s specific font is being used for a web project and there's virtually no chance of a replacement font being found. -- "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." - Sam Brown ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
Christopher Hicks wrote: > [ I sent out a similar message before Christmas, but I'm hoping that > sending this out again now that everybody's recovered might have a better > chance of evoking a response. For those seeing this twice, sorry. ] > > I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of > the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font > and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" > in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a > tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for > this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. > > I've searched the web for hours and submitted a bug to Red Hat ( > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80024 which includes > a detailed way to reproduce the problem) all without coming up with > anything. I'm not afraid of cvs, compiling, patching, converting the > fonts somehow, or whatever, but I have no idea why it's happening or where > to begin. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. I have NOT found a workaround for this particular problem, but I have found another way around it: don't use 2-byte TTFs! :) I know that is obvious and what I did was start installing various Windows TTFs so my font selection is now MUCH RICHER and I have no _need_ for the 2-byte TTFs that I wanted to use before because I had only a handful of TTFs to choose from. I've been going to several sites that offer FREE Windows TTFs for download and then installing them in my X font set (using ttmkfontdir I believe is the utility) and now I've got a rich set of great Windows fonts and I don't even both with the 2-byte TTFs anymore. At least, it's worth investigating... :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
[ I sent out a similar message before Christmas, but I'm hoping that sending this out again now that everybody's recovered might have a better chance of evoking a response. For those seeing this twice, sorry. ] I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. I've searched the web for hours and submitted a bug to Red Hat ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80024 which includes a detailed way to reproduce the problem) all without coming up with anything. I'm not afraid of cvs, compiling, patching, converting the fonts somehow, or whatever, but I have no idea why it's happening or where to begin. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. -- Programming is a Dark Art, and it will always be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. They're not things you can always overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule. -Damian Conway, Perl God ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
