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How to add fonts to GIMP [Download & Install]

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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GIMPis a free image editor, and it’s an open-source alternative to Photoshop. The software has similar features as other photo editors, and you can easily edit images or add text with it.

Speaking of text,GIMPcan work with all sorts of fonts, and you can even add third-party fonts to it. This is pretty easy to do, and in this article, we’ll show you how to add fonts toGIMP.

How can I add fonts to GIMP?

1. Add fonts by using GIMP

Note:If you’re unable to overwrite thefonts.conffile, you’ll need to modify your permissions. When we tried to save our changes, thefilewasn’t overwritten, instead, we were asked to save our changes as a newfile.

This isn’t what we want, since the originalfilewill remain unchanged, and our new fonts won’t be added. To fix that, we need to change a few permissions.

This method might be a bit complicated, but it’s useful if you want the new font that you downloaded to be available just inGIMPand not system-wide.

And if you just want to add new fonts, you just need to extract them to the same directory that you used and they’ll be automatically added toGIMP.

2. Add fonts globally

Instead of installing the font, you can also move it to the Fonts directory inside your Windows folder,  and it will be installed automatically.

Although this method is a lot simpler, it will install fonts globally and inGIMP, so you’ll be able to use them in any application on your PC.

Conclusion

Adding fonts toGIMPis simple, and there are two ways to do that. While the second method of installing fonts globally is a lot faster and simpler, it might not be what some users need.

If you want to install dozens of fonts just inGIMP, then you’ll have to extract them to a specific folder and modify thefonts.conffile accordingly.

If you’re working with different fonts constantly, and you need to organize them better, you might want to consider usingfont management softwarein the future.

Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.