Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
Keith Athey wrote: > Tom, > > Could you list a few of the sites you liked for downloading windoze tffs? > I've been downloading my Windows TTFs from 1001freefonts.com (http://www.1001freefonts.com). They sell the fonts on a CD but you can download them individually, as I have been doing. When you go to that site, click on "Enter here" and NOT "PCFonts" or "Mac fonts" as you will be directed to some other site. If interested, I can send you samples of some of these fonts IN USE in an "Alien Glow" Script-Fu logo that I can create as a demo (Xtns/Script-Fu/Logos/Alien Glow). I use these fonts in GIMP 1.2.3 on Linux (2.4.20 kernel) and XFree86 4.2.1. Good luck! :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
Christopher Hicks wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tom Williams wrote: > > Christopher Hicks wrote: > > > I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of > > > the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font > > > and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" > > > in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a > > > tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for > > > this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. > > > > I have NOT found a workaround for this particular problem, but I have > > found another way around it: don't use 2-byte TTFs! :) > > But how can you tell what's going to be a 2-byte TTF and what's not? I don't know how to tell if any given TTF is a 2-byte TTF from a techincal perspective. From a practical perspective, I've found the more "fancy" or "artistic" TTFs tend to NOT be 2-byte fonts and I haven't run into any problems with using them. So, I guess the 2-byte problem (until GIMP is "fixed" or changed) really depends on which TTFs you need to use. Peace. Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tom Williams wrote: > Christopher Hicks wrote: > > I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of > > the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font > > and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" > > in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a > > tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for > > this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. > > I have NOT found a workaround for this particular problem, but I have > found another way around it: don't use 2-byte TTFs! :) But how can you tell what's going to be a 2-byte TTF and what's not? > I've been going to several sites that offer FREE Windows TTFs for > download and then installing them in my X font set (using ttmkfontdir I > believe is the utility) and now I've got a rich set of great Windows > fonts and I don't even both with the 2-byte TTFs anymore. At least, it's > worth investigating... :) Several of the fonts in question are from such sites, but in other instances s specific font is being used for a web project and there's virtually no chance of a replacement font being found. -- "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." - Sam Brown ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
Christopher Hicks wrote: > [ I sent out a similar message before Christmas, but I'm hoping that > sending this out again now that everybody's recovered might have a better > chance of evoking a response. For those seeing this twice, sorry. ] > > I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of > the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font > and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" > in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a > tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for > this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. > > I've searched the web for hours and submitted a bug to Red Hat ( > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80024 which includes > a detailed way to reproduce the problem) all without coming up with > anything. I'm not afraid of cvs, compiling, patching, converting the > fonts somehow, or whatever, but I have no idea why it's happening or where > to begin. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. I have NOT found a workaround for this particular problem, but I have found another way around it: don't use 2-byte TTFs! :) I know that is obvious and what I did was start installing various Windows TTFs so my font selection is now MUCH RICHER and I have no _need_ for the 2-byte TTFs that I wanted to use before because I had only a handful of TTFs to choose from. I've been going to several sites that offer FREE Windows TTFs for download and then installing them in my X font set (using ttmkfontdir I believe is the utility) and now I've got a rich set of great Windows fonts and I don't even both with the 2-byte TTFs anymore. At least, it's worth investigating... :) Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?(resend)
[ I sent out a similar message before Christmas, but I'm hoping that sending this out again now that everybody's recovered might have a better chance of evoking a response. For those seeing this twice, sorry. ] I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. I've searched the web for hours and submitted a bug to Red Hat ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80024 which includes a detailed way to reproduce the problem) all without coming up with anything. I'm not afraid of cvs, compiling, patching, converting the fonts somehow, or whatever, but I have no idea why it's happening or where to begin. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. -- Programming is a Dark Art, and it will always be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. They're not things you can always overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule. -Damian Conway, Perl God ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?
This is a GREAT question as I've run into this a LOT. I've recently learned how to install Windows True-Type fonts in XFree86 (4.2.1) and I'm finding I can use the Windows fonts with gimp on Linux that I thought I had abandoned. An answer to the "2-byte font" problem would be greatly appreciated :) Peace Tom Christopher Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Gimp-user mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any rkeley.eduoptions? 12/19/02 01:56 PM "Our mission is to help our clients achieve more cost-effective data center operations." I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. I've searched the web for hours and submitted a bug to Red Hat ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80024 which includes a detailed way to reproduce the problem.) all without coming up with anything. I'm not afraid of cvs, compiling, patching, converting the fonts somehow, or whatever, but I have no idea why it's happening or where to begin. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. -- Programming is a Dark Art, and it will always be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. They're not things you can always overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule. -Damian Conway, Perl God ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] 2-byte TTF font brokenness - are there any options?
I'm trying to get ttf fonts to work with gimp, but it seems like most of the fonts that my users want to use are causing the "This is a 2-byte font and may not display correctly." message to appear. The "may not display" in the message seems to consistantly translate into "renders in image as a tiny ugly font like the Windows System font". Is there any workaround for this? We're using gimp 1.2.3 on RedHat 8.0. I've searched the web for hours and submitted a bug to Red Hat ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80024 which includes a detailed way to reproduce the problem.) all without coming up with anything. I'm not afraid of cvs, compiling, patching, converting the fonts somehow, or whatever, but I have no idea why it's happening or where to begin. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. -- Programming is a Dark Art, and it will always be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. They're not things you can always overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule. -Damian Conway, Perl God ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
