New Tool added since Release 4:
Custom Font Character Paths version 0.04

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