On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 08:52:59AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list <gimp-user-list@gnome.org> [08-27-20 02:43]:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using 2.10.20 and I want to create some text using accents
> > (specifically, in the first case, a german umlaut). I've found out
> > how to use the installed system fonts (backsppace to the beginning
> > of hte font name, type the first letter, choose from list) and I've
> > chosen one which I think will look right. But when I type ä
> > (a-umlaut if you can't read that) I just get a plain a. Similarly
> > with other accents, although my key for ß (capital letter sharp S)
> > works.
> >
> > I'm using regular accents e.g. U+00e4 for small letter a with
> > diaeresis, not combining characters because I don't have those
> > mapped on my keyboard.
> >
> > Is there any way to get the accented letters ?
>
> your "accented" letter "ä" shows fine here. Maybe your not displaying
> utf8 ???
You mean it displays fine in the mail, or that you managed to get it
in text in the gimp ? I'm fully UTF-8 here, as confirmed by the
sharp S displaying in the gimp.
>
> I use <right><alt><double-quote> to generate ä
>
I use a GB keyboard, we call right alt AltGr and my xorg keymap is
derived from the default GB map (AltGr s for ß, other letters (not
tried in the gimp) such as AltGr l for polish ł with slash, and
accents on AltGr and keys at the right end, e.g. AltGr ; for acute,
AltGr : for double acute (hungarian ő), AltGr [ for umlaut or
diaeresis ].
Ah, I maybe know why it doesn't work for me - I'm using dead keys
for the accents as a means of getting maximum coverage in other
programs (so, for example, I can do dead cedilla on ģ). Perhaps
gimp is ignoring the dead key.
The font I was using is Free Sans, and I'm attempting to work around
this by pixel editing - the end result is for small-scale model
signs, with letters in about 8pt to 12pt if I was printing from
libreoffice - but since I need white-on-colour I can't print from LO
on my inkjet, and I need white lining for which I'll anyway have to
use pixel editing (the 1 pixel brush). Still attempting to try
that, I've got 4 sizes of tiny printing on which I'm working before
I attempt to print to see if any look good enough, but it is driving
me crazy - works for a bit, remembering to select the brush after
using the eyedropper to select the colour or shade, and then
suddenly it stops working.
Thanks.
ĸen
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