>The Gimp UI is missing fonts -- empty boxes [] show up all over the >place, >see attached screenshot of 2.9.5 Preferences dialog. > >This just started. I've had this desktop running Win7 for many, many >months >with both 2.8.x and 2.9.x. Two days ago I used Gimp for the first time >in a >while to edit an image. Multiple layers, etc., saving to xcf and >exporting >png. Something odd, however, began to happen. When adding a text layer >to >the image, Gimp began to crash when I clicked on the tool palatte >after >entering text. I eventually did get text added to the image, but it >took >maybe five attempts when Gimp crashing. > >Then, yesterday I attempted to edit the same image in 2.8.x and got a >mathmap load error on Gimp start, plus errors saying Gimp could not >start >... Gimp, however, did start and load the image, but the UI was >missing >characters--showing a box [] where characters should be. Not knowing >what >might have happened, I tried the 2.9.3 version installed. Same error. > >Today I have completely uninstalled 2.8.x, and 2.9.3. I have deleted >folders and cleaned the Windows Registry of all Gimp stuff. >Reinstalled a >fresh download from Partha's Place of 2.9.5 STD. No more mathmap load >error, or any errors on load, but missing UI elements. And it's >really, >oddly, random. For example, image I was editing has five layers, top >is a >text layer. Top two layers have normal, visible description. Bottom >three >layers show only [] boxes for layer description !?!? > >I checked the Prefs (hence the screenshot) and the Fonts path did not >include the Windows font path so I added and restarted. No change. > >Anything anyone? > >Guy Stalnaker >jimmyg...@gmail.com
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