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(3 hours ago)Ofnuts Wrote:(6 hours ago)marty39 Wrote:(12-28-2025, 09:35 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: I believe that Gimp overlays the Linux way over the MacOS way, in otherwords, the part in the GTK font library that get the system-installed fonts use the macOS calls, and then it adds its own processing over that local fonts.
Some fonts (typically: Serif, Sans and Monospace are virtual and are mapped to your default Serif, Sans Serif, and Monospace fonts (historically, Times New Roman, Helvetica and Courier).
What would its own processing do?
In Gimp 3.0 in Sequoia, the first font in Gimp's list is "Sans-Serif." I set a sample in that font and then looked for another font like it. I set the same sample in Tahoma and Verdana and Sans-Serif looks exactly like Verdana. Not Helvetica, not Arial, not San Francisco, not its own "System Font Regular." Why does Gimp use Verdana? Does your Gimp use Verdana as the default sans?
Gimp does what the GTK library does.
First, that's not very useful without knowing what the GTK library does, so I would ask that. Except:
Second, I don't think Gimp 3.0 uses the GRK library. There's a gtkrc file in ~/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.10, but none in the corrresponding folder for Gimp 3.0. I found various support files for GTK2, including a ~/Library/Application Support/Gtk2 folder, but according to Wikipedia GTK2 is no longer supported.
Further, I can't find a GTK library on the drive.
I'll try to find another Gimp support site.