Custom Font Tools Release 17 for Gimp 2.10

Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:43 am **(#1)**

This is the first update since the demise of GimpLearn: There were a lot of links between the custom font tools help resources there and here on GC.
Hopefully everything now is completely GimpChat based.

The Tools are available in compressed folders and organised into Custom Font categories for you to download and place in your Gimp 2.10 user plug-ins folder: There are no kerning tools in this release.

A pdf version of the tool guide:

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Custom Font Constructing Tools:

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Guides/Help pdfs:

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Decorating Tools to follow

Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:47 am **(#2)**

Decorating Tools:

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Decorating Tools Guides/Help Parts 1 & 2:

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Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:54 am **(#3)**

Decorating Tools Guides 3:

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Using Tools Plugins

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Using Tool Guide (please note that FontSlab already has its own set of guides here on GimpChat):

FontSlab Guide Part 1

FontSlab Guide Part 2

FontSlab Guide Part 3

FontSlab Guide Part 4

FontSlab Guide Part 5

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Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:56 am **(#4)**

Utility Tools:

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Utility Tool guides:

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Have fun!

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16124

Thanks for the newest set of CF tools Skinnyhouse!

Great stuff.

Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2025 2:54 am **(#6)**

Thanks to all the people who have responded so positively to the new release of the custom font tools.

To be honest the update of the resource guides/help documents has been a bit of a nightmare.
If folk let me know of any issues I will do my best to repair/replace broken links.

Just finishing off a 'Panelling' guide to replace the one that still points to the old GL site.

Issabella · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2025 4:29 am **(#7)**

Thanks a lot, Skinnyhouse. I understand how complicated your job was and also, to rewrite each step to the new actualization. Impressive!

Thanks :clap

Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:02 am **(#8)**

Just a couple of updates for tools to use the special joins option for custom fonts with the appropriate alternative characters...

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Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16124

Thank you for the update Skinnyhouse! :bigthup

alan5603 · **Joined:** Jul 09, 2023 **Posts:** 1681

Thank you for this release Skinnyhouse. :jumpclap

MareroQ · **Posted:** Fri Apr 03, 2026 7:26 am **(#11)**

Hi Skinnyhouse.

I think this is a good time for Custom Font to come of age and release version 18.
The anniversary of version 17's release is also approachingI.
:hbd

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Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16124

I agree with MareroQ whole heartedly.

Happy Birthday Custom Font Tools!

Skinnyhouse · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2026 5:22 am **(#13)**

I've been looking at this for a couple of months - but there are too many distractions.
A quick count and there are 8 updates and two new plug-ins since 17.
I need to fix something on one of my utility filters (been meaning to do this for at least two years) and then I will give myself a good talking too!
:tyspin