How to install additional Gimp fonts

Question

I want to install more text fonts on Gimp. Currently I have only the default fonts.

Where can I download and install them?

I am on Ubuntu 13.04, using gnome - lastest version.

See How to add new fonts to gimp? – carnendil Feb 02 '16 at 22:41 — carnendil, Feb 02 '16 at 22:41

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 18 '16 at 15:09

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All you need to do is: add the fonts that you want to Ubuntu, and then you can use them in Gimp.

Download the font(s) that you like, and once downloaded, you can double click on the font file, and that will open Font Viewer, just click on install, and you're done. Take a look at Dafont for a great selection of fonts.

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To download, just click on the download button.

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Once you click download you will see the image below, just click OK.

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Double click the font, and that will open the Font viewer, as shown above, just click on Install.

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edited Aug 18 '16 at 15:09

gzinho

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answered Jun 06 '13 at 18:58

Mitch

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I would like to add how to install the fonts from that website. When I will be able to add a new font, I will mark this answer. Thanks! – Ionică Bizău Jun 06 '13 at 19:20
Just added it to the answer. – Mitch Jun 06 '13 at 19:41
Thanks, it works! +1, because you are a Firefox fan like me. :-) – Ionică Bizău Jun 07 '13 at 03:47

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 11 '20 at 09:50

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For some reason, on Ubuntu 19.04 + GIMP 2.10 after installing the font in Ubuntu it did not appear in Gimp, not after restarting Gimp, nor restarting the system itself. What solved the problem was to copy the .TTF font file to one of GIMP fonts directory. Font directories can be managed in Edit > Preferences > Directories > Fonts menu. In my case, that directory was /home/snap/gimp/227/.config/GIMP/2.10/fonts.

answered Feb 11 '20 at 09:50

Lis

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This might be a tickle-point, but for me this is under Edit > Preferences > Folders > Fonts. – sas08 May 01 '20 at 17:36
I guess the move to snap is the problem here: isn't that a sandboxed environment; which presumably makes accessing system files less straightforward? – blindfish May 13 '21 at 21:23

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '18 at 11:01

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in general

TTF go to ~/.local/share/fonts/TTF/
OTF go to ~/.local/share/fonts/OTF/

for gimp only

~/.gimp-2.8/fonts/

see docs

answered Apr 26 '18 at 11:01

ustick

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I am using Gimp 2.10 and my gimp font directory is ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/fonts – Mesut Tasci Dec 25 '18 at 20:54

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 15 '23 at 13:50

I use Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS with Gimp 2.10.

Gimp was first installed as snap.

Just installing the fonts didn't work.

Past the font files to directories Gimp knows fonts are availables didn't work.

I had to go in Ubuntu Software, uninstall Gimp (the snap version). Then re-install Gimp by command line :

    sudo apt-get install gimp

Then the normally installed font just worked fine.

I only get problems since snap are used in ubuntu.

How to install additional Gimp fonts

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