[Gimp-user] how to add new fonts?

[Cristian Secară]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 05:25:18 -0800 (PST), Akshay Narayan wrote:

> i am under the impression that any font in window$ must be detected
> by GIMP text tool. unfortunately, it is not happening so.
> is there any specific method to add the fonts to gimp?
> if so how?

Try to use the "Rescan font list" command.
(click the font selection button -> click the Open the font selection
dialog button at the bottom -> some sort of refresh button appears at
the bottom of the opened window)

Cristi