Random Font Text Script Rel5.2 [Improved GUI Options]

Odinbc · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:42 am **(#241)**

akovia wrote:

:~/.gimp-2.8$ find . -name "Random Font Text.scm"
./scripts/Random Font Text.scm

Worth a shot, it get all Gimp script folders.
Test For Duplicate Scripts
Support thread, Test for duplicate scripts

akovia · **Joined:** Jan 15, 2013 **Posts:** 133

GnuTux wrote:

akovia wrote:

Also, I realize it doesn't care what the name of the script is, which is why I also did the search in the Plugin Browser, as it searches for the actual function/procedure. Even if the script was named something else, it would still show up there.

I posted before I saw your last post. You're right but looking in the Plug-in Browser might not tell you if you have a conflict with another .scm script. If you only have RFT in the scripts folder and there are no other scm scripts (aside from GIMP's defaut scripts) installed in your global folder, you know the problem lies elsewhere.

Looking at your console messages, you do have lots of duplicates (and other issues) with your plug-ins folders, but I wasn't going to mention those until we were sure there were no duplicate or conflicting .scm scripts.

Well it wasn't a duplicate script, but it was a script that doesn't work due to never being updated. In fact I had just posted a request yesterday to try and find someone capable of updating it. That's why it was still in my scripts folder.
http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t ... 10#p148525

I haven't bothered to dig further into the exact reason for the trouble, so I just removed the 2 files from my script folder and now the random text script is working flawlessly. I thank you both for your tenacity in tracking down the problem. :tyspin

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

My small contribution

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:52 pm **(#244)**

Pirate541 I love the effect, well done, so I had to try

akovia · **Joined:** Jan 15, 2013 **Posts:** 133

I'm really enjoying this script. :coolthup

I did have a feature request though. I haven't read the entire thread so I apologize if this has been mentioned before.
Would it be possible to have an option to select fonts from a folder (recursively)?
I keep a good number of fonts loaded on my system, but have a huge library I'd love to access without having to go through and hand pick all the fonts and load them.
Just a thought.

Regardless.. just fantastic work!

Marcello · **Joined:** Mar 10, 2014 **Posts:** 845

maybe the solution is to add in the font preference the folder(s) of the library fonts
( better if you separete in subfolders)

akovia · **Joined:** Jan 15, 2013 **Posts:** 133

Marcello wrote:

maybe the solution is to add in the font preference the folder(s) of the library fonts
( better if you separete in subfolders)

That's a great idea for a workaround. :keybdtype

Thanks for the suggestion.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I would love to separate all my fonts but I wouldn't know where to start. It is a good idea though to be able to open just the fonts you want.
I have my brushes all separated into folders then I use the 'ofnuts' script to open just the ones I need.

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:19 pm **(#249)**

Molly I use ofnuts manager to handle all my added fonts as well as brushes

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I could do that too graechan, but how do you go about sorting them?

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:58 pm **(#251)**

Molly I entered them all individually but with a little effort they could be sorted

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Graechan
Thanks

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:37 pm **(#253)**

Pirate541 I hope you were thinking about ofnuts addon Manager

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Graechan wrote:

Molly I entered them all individually but with a little effort they could be sorted

Thanks Graechan... I will think about it cuz it is a good idea. I have 473 fonts and many of them look a lot alike.
I have my fonts open right now and would have to view them one at a time with font viewer. Is there a way I can see what the font looks like beside the name?

dinasset · **Posted:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:55 am **(#255)**

Molly,

you may keep open a window with the FontView (attached)

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FontView.7z [45.22 KiB]
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edit: I'm a Windows user, please check whether that SW is available for your OS

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thanks dinasset. I do have font viewer and Kfont view, but I can only look at one font at a time.

dinasset · **Posted:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:18 am **(#257)**

uhm, strange
here the output of my fontview
I see much more than one single font at a time

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pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Graechan

""addon" ?

dinasset · **Posted:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:31 am **(#259)**

@pirate

ofnuts' addonCollectionManager

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addonCollectionManager-3.0.py.7z [5.2 KiB]
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molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I can get all the fonts but they don't look like that, I tried to right click on them to cut and paste into folders but it won't let me. I wonder if there is more than one font viewer. That is what mine is called.
@dinasset, here is what mine looks like when I view all fonts, it is great but I can't cut and paste them, I would have to write them all down then paste them into the folders one by one.

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