![]() Lastly, I'm going to go through some of the options GIMP provides to letter spacing, paragraph height, etc. I have quite a few favourite fonts that I enjoy using, and having a nice collection of font types can really make your blog post headers stand out! If you're a Windows user, I also have an extension for Chrome that allows you to find out what Fontface is being used anywhere on the web so you can download it at your leisure. It's safer, you run no risks of getting malware on your computer by trying to torrent potentially suspicious files, and I'm not about to condone piracy on my blog (I say as I listen to my iTunes album full of questionably downloaded tracks- hey, don't look at me like that! You shouldn't throw stones in glass houses!)Īnyway, I thought I would share some tips and some tricks to doing a few cool things using GIMP, and if you have a blog of your own, these ideas can really amp up some of your photos, so let's get started!Ĭlick the headers below to go to a specific tutorial After doing it for years and having to change my method of obtaining it every time, I've just given up and started using GIMP. Now, I love Photoshop, and obviously if you've been on the internet for longer than a few minutes you know that there are ways you can get it without needing to pay *cough*, but Adobe is smarter than we are and getting away with that is a lot harder now than it used to be. ![]() Not only that, but learning should be free, too, so I hope I can help you out with that. That drives me crazy! Not only is Photoshop like $600 in the first place, but GIMP does everything it does, and it's free. I see so many Photoshop tutorials, and even blogs where they charge you for a basic comprehensive class on doing the simplest photo manipulation. The button to open the font selection dialog is found in the bottom right corner of the font list opened in the previous step.Hi guys! If you haven't seen my little guide on using & getting started with GIMP and how to edit your photos professionally, make sure you check it out before reading this, unless you're already familiar with the program and just want to learn a few new things! You will have to have it selected in order to reach the fonts.Ĭlick on the “Aa” pic next to the font name to open the font list. Browse through the fonts and see the previewsĬlick on the Text Tool. ![]() Method 3: Through the Tools Options of the Text Tool Click on it, then click on Add Tab -> Fonts. In any Dockable Dialog you should find a a leftward facing arrow button at the top right. Method 2: Adding a tab to a Dockable Dialog Method 1: Window -> Dockable Dialogs -> Fonts Through the Tools Options of the Text Tool.There are three ways to open the font dialog Three Ways to Open the Font Dialog Once you have it open you can use the arrows on your keyboard to browse through the fonts. ![]() ![]() The text that you have selected will be the text that will act as the preview for the font.įonts can be previewed if you open the Font Dialog. Step 1: Select / Write Some Text Using the Text Tool This is a tutorial on how to preview different fonts in GIMP, and on how to open the fonts dialog that is needed to preview fonts. ![]()
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