>On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Luna <[email protected]> wrote: >> HI, sorry but I am wondering how I can get those additional characters in the >> fonts to work on my Gimp 2.6. I've tried the ATL with the number codes for >> the certain fonts I tried this with and got nothing but a binking cursor to >> show for the attempt. The ATL[code] works in Windows, so I know the font has >> these other things [like the British Pound sign, little happy faces, etc] >> I've used Gimp for a few months now and have yet to get the ATL key to work >> for this particular feature. I've downloaded fonts from daFont and other sites >> like it, so there are lots of fonts with bonus non-letter stuff I really want >> to be able to use in artwork. >> Can any one give me some help in finding out what I'm doing wrong?? >> Thank you :) > > >hi Luna-- you should use the "gucharmap" app, and use it alongside >GIMP to Copy the special charaters (and paste them on the text >editor). > >It is easy to use, and allow access to the full range of unicode >characters - well beyond the 0-255 codes allowed by alt+code on >windows. > >If gucharmap is not installed already, just use your preferred method >of installing packages for your Linux: it is available for any desktop >distribution. > > js > -><- > >> >> -- >> Luna (via www.gimpusers.com) >>
I've not heard of this "gucharmap" app thing, and I don't know what "Linux" is either. I'm not very Techno-savvy so I don't undertand what you've just said. But thanks for replying and trying to help :) -- Luna (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
