Now you can check the font after adding the text on the image.Ĭopying Fonts to Directly to GIMP Font FolderĪnother method of solving this issue is to simply copy the newly downloaded fonts to the GIMP font folder.Once you are done, click on the Ok button and restart your GIMP program.Note: You can add all the paths that have the font files. Now add the path of the Windows Font folder in there. Click on the Folder in the left panel to expand and choose Fonts.Click on the Edit menu in the menu bar and choose the Preferences option in the list.Open your GIMP program by double-clicking the shortcut or searching it through the Windows search feature.By adding these paths, the GIMP will try to look for all the new installed fonts in those paths and all the fonts will show up in GIMP. The user needs to manually add those paths in the GIMP preferences option. Sometimes it may not have the path where the Windows will save the newly installed font files. The GIMP will have only a few paths to look for the font in the system.