It appears that I have not added updates to my Custom Font Tools since Release 3 - now at Release 6.



There are now three new tools since Release 3. This is a zipped folder with all the tools included for the sake of completedness.
Download, unzip and update the files and add them, or just the ones you need, to your plug-ins folder.

Tool List:

FontSlab: v.0.09
Distortion Pack 1: v.0.01
Distortion Pack 2: v.0.01
Effects Only: v.0.006
Layer Utils: v.1.14
Layers From Fonts: v.0.05
Outlines Only: v.0.01
Artistic Pack: v.0.02
Noise Pack: v.0.01
Paths to Layers: v.0.03
Character Paths: v.0.04
Face Maker: v. 0.01

Please refer to individual plug-ins help by searching GimpLearn.net

Brief Tool Descriptions for new users:

Custom Font Character Paths - strokes characters in a variety of ways by creating paths from selections
Custom Font Layers from Fonts - converts a font into a series of plain character layers that can be worked on in Gimp
Custom Font Paths to Layers - paints a series of character shaped skeleton paths with the paintbrush to create character layers
Custom Font Layer Utilities - set of utilities for working with character layers to speed up the process of creating custom fonts
Custom Font Outlines Only - for adding various types of outlines to character layers or creating outline only characters
Custom Font Effects Only - provides a quick way of applying some effects to all character layers
Custom Fonts Face Maker - paints new font faces onto custom fonts by copying from visible layer/layers
Custom Font Artistic Pack - provides a quick way of applying some of the Artistic filters to all character layers
Custom Font Distortion Packs - provides a quick way of applying some of the Distortion filters to all character layers
Custom Font Noise Effects Only - provides a quick way of applying some of the Noise filters to all character layer
FontSlab - paints given text along a user path with the selected custom font

Thanks Skinnyhouse!

Thank you Skinnyhouse. It is so convenient to have all the font tools together!