GIMP uses the FreeType 2 font engine to render fonts, and a system called Fontconfig to manage them. FreeType 2 supports many common font file formats.
Any font in Fontconfig's font path is available in GIMP. In addition, any font which is located in GIMP's Font Folders is available in GIMP. Font Folders are set on the Fonts page in the Folders preferences.
By default, there are two Font Folders: The system
GIMP fonts folder (which you should not alter), and a
fonts
folder inside your personal GIMP directory.
You can also add additional font folders if wanted.
Linux
Du kan installera skrifttyper på mange måtar:
Bruka eit program som GNOME Fonts eller KFontView for å installera skriftene.
Leggja inn skriftfilene i mappa ~/.local/share/fonts/
. Dette gjer skrifttypane tilgjengelege berre for deg.
Viss du har administrasjonsrettar, legg skriftfilene i mappa /usr/local/share/fonts/
. Dette vil gjera skriftfilene tilgjengelege for alle brukarane.
I alle filfella vil dette gjera skriftene tilgjengelege for alle program som brukar Fontconfig.
Microsoft Windows
Det er fleire måtar å installera ein skrifttype på heile systemet:
Dra skriftfila inn i skriftmappa C:\Windows\Fonts
.
Install the font via the Settings app. In Windows, go to Settings, select Personalization, then from there go to Fonts.
macOS
Installera skrifttypen ,ed programmet Font Book.
The installed fonts will show up the next time you start GIMP. If you
want to use it in an already running GIMP instance, press the
Refresh
button in the Fonts dialog.
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Viss du av ein eller annan grunn støyter på problem når du installerer ein skrifttype for heile systemet, prøv å installera skriftene i mappa |
In most cases, problems with fonts are caused by malformed font files
or outdated font formats.
If you experience crashes at start-up when GIMP scans your
font directories, as a quick workaround you can start GIMP
with the --no-fonts
command line
argument, but then you will not be able to use the text tool.