FlyingScotsman Posted January 6 Posted January 6 (edited) I installed Gill sans Medium it shows under font group in control panel as well as fonts folder but it doesn't show in paint.net Edited January 6 by FlyingScotsman HQ Image
Tactilis Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Moderator note: The OP has resolved the problem. They have been requested to post the solution here, rather than just have the post deleted.
FlyingScotsman Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 I Had to install Gimp (just for this) I created a blank page, wrote my text in that font and saved the file as .png then opened/imported the file in paint.net if you have a solution please do tell
Pixey Posted January 6 Posted January 6 11 minutes ago, FlyingScotsman said: if you have a solution please do tell This seems to be a universal problem with this particular Font 🤪 How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon.
Tactilis Posted January 6 Posted January 6 I downloaded the Gill Sans font family from https://www.cufonfonts.com/font/gill-sans-2 and installed 'Gill Sans Medium Italic.otf'. As @FlyingScotsman has indicated, GIMP can see it, as can Notepad, but paint.net does not show it in the font list.
FlyingScotsman Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 24 minutes ago, Tactilis said: I downloaded the Gill Sans font family from https://www.cufonfonts.com/font/gill-sans-2 and installed 'Gill Sans Medium Italic.otf'. As @FlyingScotsman has indicated, GIMP can see it, as can Notepad, but paint.net does not show it in the font list. Still doesn't work let me try re installing paint.net
Solution FlyingScotsman Posted January 6 Author Solution Posted January 6 I managed to fix it i opened the fonts folder in Windows>Fonts and permanently deleted the entire gill sans family restarted my computer and installed Gill Sans Medium after it restarted in paint.net, it still shows as Gill Sans but the style of the font is Gill Sans Medium
FlyingScotsman Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 (edited) is this a bug or what, I can see all the versions of Gill sans in Gimp and notepad but not in Paint.net Edited January 6 by FlyingScotsman
Pixey Posted January 6 Posted January 6 I have 1 Calibri font in my Fonts Folder and 2 in Paint.net. Curiouser and curiouser 😯 How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon.
FlyingScotsman Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 17 hours ago, Pixey said: I have 1 Calibri font in my Fonts Folder and 2 in Paint.net. Curiouser and curiouser 😯 check-in control panel
FlyingScotsman Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 is there any fix for this issue? i mean if I want to use Gill Sans Medium Italic then I would need to delete existing Gill Sans font and install the required one I Think Gimp is open source, can you please have a look at the code of Gimp and see how their font identifier thing is coded (I am not an expert) and then code PDN like that Please, It would be highly appreciated
Rick Brewster Posted January 7 Posted January 7 There isn't really a fix, this is just how Paint.NET and other major Microsoft applications list/map fonts in the system (it's how GDI does font mapping, i.o.w.). Changing this would affect things way beyond this one font, making things more confusing and difficult for a million other users of the app. Paint.NET does not show the different variants of the font family, they are grouped together and the variants are chosen by clicking on the Bold and Italics buttons. Also, GIMP is licensed under the GPL, which is a nasty viral license (it's essentially the worst license). Inspecting their code could cause all sorts of legal problems. So, no to that idea. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html
FlyingScotsman Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 (edited) what about 16 bit support for .png Edited January 7 by FlyingScotsman
FlyingScotsman Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 21 minutes ago, Rick Brewster said: There isn't really a fix, this is just how Paint.NET and other major Microsoft applications list/map fonts in the system (it's how GDI does font mapping, i.o.w.). Changing this would affect things way beyond this one font, making things more confusing and difficult for a million other users of the app. Paint.NET does not show the different variants of the font family, they are grouped together and the variants are chosen by clicking on the Bold and Italics buttons. Also, GIMP is licensed under the GPL, which is a nasty viral license (it's essentially the worst license). Inspecting their code could cause all sorts of legal problems. So, no to that idea. can you add another option for "Medium"
Tactilis Posted January 7 Posted January 7 1 hour ago, FlyingScotsman said: what about 16 bit support for .png This thread (your thread) in Troubleshooting & Bug Reports is about fonts not being displayed. Please don't divert the thread by randomly throwing in other requests. Start a new topic if necessary but please do some searching of the forum first. Also note that paint.net is designed to handle only 8-bits per colour channel. 1
Rick Brewster Posted January 7 Posted January 7 1 hour ago, FlyingScotsman said: can you add another option for "Medium" Sorry, I'm not planning to The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html
Rick Brewster Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Anyway, OP has their answer, so I’m closing the thread The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html
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