font samples

[skunkworks]

Is there a sample file with many (or all) default fonts I can look at? For example, the same phrase--Hello, World!--is rendered in a number of fonts?

[sallyanne]

There used to be a script (for older versions of gimp, 2.6 etc; I don't know that there are any for vs 3 yet) to make one yourself, file or print out. Now you might just have to do it yourself.


EDIT: Gimp uses what's on your system.

I just found two places where you can look

Windows (C : ) >Windows > Fonts will show you your system fonts

Username > AppData > Roaming > Gimp > 3.0 > fonts will show your gimp files. Mine is empty as I haven't downloaded any for there yet

[CmykStudent]

(08-15-2025, 01:41 AM)sallyanne Wrote: There used to be a script (for older versions of gimp (2.6 etc; I don't know that there are any for vs 3 yet)) to make one yourself, file or print out. Now you might just have to do it yourself.

I think it's Render Font Map and it's still built into GIMP. You can press "/" to open the search box and search for it.

[sallyanne]

Cool, still works in 3 too. Thanks

[skunkworks]

(08-15-2025, 02:17 AM)CmykStudent Wrote:

(08-15-2025, 01:41 AM)sallyanne Wrote: There used to be a script (for older versions of gimp (2.6 etc; I don't know that there are any for vs 3 yet)) to make one yourself, file or print out. Now you might just have to do it yourself.

I think it's Render Font Map and it's still built into GIMP. You can press "/" to open the search box and search for it.

Fabulous! Precisely what I wanted!

[Krikor]

(08-15-2025, 12:02 AM)skunkworks Wrote: Is there a sample file with many (or all) default fonts I can look at? For example, the same phrase--Hello, World!--is rendered in a number of fonts?

You can open the fonts dialog in Dockable dialogs > Fonts

       

[skunkworks]

Thank you!