Gene, I've never had to do that. I'll have a fiddle, but, can I ask, what do you see in the "Tool Options" when you open GIMP without an image? I attach a screenshot of my GIMP window when I open it.
Cliff On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:36 PM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> 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. > > Thanks. > > [...] > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. > -- > "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 > -- My Amazon author page : https://amazon.com/author/cliffpratt My Facebook author page : https://www.facebook.com/cliffprattauthor My Search on Kobo : https://www.kobo.com/search?query=Cliff+Pratt _______________________________________________ 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
