Comments on: Using your OS X fonts in The Gimp http://fettig.net/weblog/2004/04/03/using-your-os-x-fonts-in-the-gimp/ The latest on Abe's work Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:47:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Michael Twomey http://fettig.net/weblog/2004/04/03/using-your-os-x-fonts-in-the-gimp/#comment-33 Michael Twomey Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fettig.net/weblog/2004/04/03/using-your-os-x-fonts-in-the-gimp/#comment-33 An alternative is to use the ~/.fonts.conf configuration file to override or augment the default config, for example: <fontconfig> <dir>~/Library/Fonts</dir> <dir>/Library/Fonts</dir> </fontconfig> You can also modify behaviour, for example to tweak or enable sub-pixel rendering: <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <test qual="all" name="rgba"> <const>unknown</const> </test> <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit> </match> </fontconfig> See /etc/fonts/fonts.conf for the default configuration. Also see <a href="http://fontconfig.freedesktop.org/">http://fontconfig.freedesktop.org/</a> for more on fontconfig. An alternative is to use the ~/.fonts.conf configuration file to override or augment the default config, for example:

<fontconfig>
<dir>~/Library/Fonts</dir>
<dir>/Library/Fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>

You can also modify behaviour, for example to tweak or enable sub-pixel rendering:

<fontconfig>
<match target=”font”>
<test qual=”all” name=”rgba”>
<const>unknown</const>
</test>
<edit name=”rgba” mode=”assign”><const>rgb</const></edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>

See /etc/fonts/fonts.conf for the default configuration. Also see http://fontconfig.freedesktop.org/ for more on fontconfig.

]]> By: HubLog http://fettig.net/weblog/2004/04/03/using-your-os-x-fonts-in-the-gimp/#comment-34 HubLog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fettig.net/weblog/2004/04/03/using-your-os-x-fonts-in-the-gimp/#comment-34 <strong>OS X fonts in GTK2/Gimp</strong> Abe Fettig finally has a solution that allows using your OS X fonts in The Gimp. Well, almost, it should be ~/Library/Fonts rather than ~/System/Fonts: In a Terminal window, enter ln -s ~/Library/Fonts ~/.fonts which will create a symbolic link between... OS X fonts in GTK2/Gimp

Abe Fettig finally has a solution that allows using your OS X fonts in The Gimp. Well, almost, it should be ~/Library/Fonts rather than ~/System/Fonts: In a Terminal window, enter ln -s ~/Library/Fonts ~/.fonts which will create a symbolic link between…

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