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I have some hindi fonts in my linux (they even work in vim, when I try to to view some downloaded hindi webpages). Now, in gimp, it does show various multilingual fonts (hindi as well as others). However, when I try to use them, it displays only english text :(
How do I use multilingual fonts in gimp?
thanks
jan
Posted 2011-03-16T10:15:19.543
Reputation: 3
Have you tried entering text in the appropriate language? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2011-03-16T10:23:45.550
hmmm, not sure what you mean. But I did select the appropriate "font" from the text toolbar. tried various non-english fonts. My keyboard is english, so I assume it should do some phonetic conversion like most multi-language editors? – jan – 2011-03-16T10:27:36.470
Did you invoke your IME? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2011-03-16T10:28:40.553
note that the small rectangular "icons" to the left of the font name in the menu, are displayed correctly. Not sure if they are images. – jan – 2011-03-16T10:29:34.237
just searched that IME is 'input method editor' :). I dont know gimp has one. could you please explain a little bit how to invoke it? – jan – 2011-03-16T10:31:16.217
got it! basically, I have to use a different editor and then copy paste.... thanks, if you could make it an asnwer i will accept it – jan – 2011-03-16T10:34:09.630
I would never make that my answer because it's a silly answer. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2011-03-16T10:40:25.737