[Font] load font files, font specification by character type.etc

[lRRXl]

$Use of external font files that are not installed.

By specifying a file with the following extension, you can specify the font in that file.
.ttf, .otf,.tte,.ote,.eot,.woff,*.woff2
etc.

This font file will not be installed in Krita.

$Make it possible to specify a font for each character type.

Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Korean, Chinese, Symbols, Numbers, English, etc.
I would like to be able to specify the font for each character type.
This is because some free fonts contain only hiragana, katakana, or other specific character types.

$In order to support special font data, the
Specifying the font character encoding

$Real-time preview of text editing characters

Not in the text editing window, but in the
It will be reflected in the actual string layer.
Since this is a preview, if you close the dialog without saving, it will return to the state before you opened the dialog.

[Michelist]

Hello @lRRXl and welcome to the forum!

@lRRXl

This font file will not be installed in Krita.

No Font-File will be installed in Krita, Fonts are provided from the operating system you use, so if you want to use a Font in Krita you have to install the Font in Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, Chromebook.

If any of the Fonts you named is installed in the OS you can use and place them in Krita, the first letter in Kanji, the second in Katakana, the third in Hiragana and so on, every letter a different Font if you like, but as said it has to be installed in the OS first not in Krita.

The only thing is, Krita’s text-functionality is not very nice, there are several topics about it and the developers know this and it is planned to improve Krita’s text tool in the future, but the future is endless…
Perhaps you want to try @KnowZero’s “Lazy Text Tool” Plugin for Krita instead?

Lazy Text Tool(Prototype) – A plugin that helps you type

Let me say this so everyone is clear, I have never written python before(other than a minor change to an existing plugin). Add to the fact that a lot of this code has been rushed with little to no testing, please keep your expectations in check! TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK. Here is what kinda works Font: Typing Text – yes Colors – yes Fonts – yes Font styling – yes Line and alignment: Letter spacing – yes Alignment – yes Other: Stroke – yes (same svg 1.1 though) Canvas scrolling - yes…

it can be downloaded from here, you have to click on the green Code button on that site and select “Download ZIP”:

GitHub - KnowZero/Krita-LazyTextTool-Prototype: A prototype of a lazily made...

If I remember correctly, it is also capable to handle vertical fonts, but therefore you should ask @KnowZero.

Michelist

[Grum999]

Hi

@lRRXl

$Use of external font files that are not installed.

By specifying a file with the following extension, you can specify the font in that file.
.ttf, .otf,.tte,.ote,.eot,.woff,*.woff2
etc.

Using a font not installed is technically possible, but only fonts supported by Qt framework are recognized:

Currently only TrueType fonts, TrueType font collections, and OpenType fonts are supported.

For example, BuliNote plugin allows -with some limitation- use of a font not installed on system.

But more than technical stuff for implementation, I’m wondering what’s the real use of something like this?

@lRRXl

$Make it possible to specify a font for each character type.

Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Korean, Chinese, Symbols, Numbers, English, etc.
I would like to be able to specify the font for each character type.
This is because some free fonts contain only hiragana, katakana, or other specific character types.

I’m not sure to understand the request.
Currently it’s already possible in text editor to define different fonts for characters.

So I consider that’s not what you’re asking for.

Maybe a mockup or an example in an another application of what is it or what it looks like could help to understand

Or, maybe you’re asking something like this?

But I’m not sure…

@lRRXl

$In order to support special font data, the
Specifying the font character encoding

Krita manage UTF-8
So special character encoding is already taken in account

@lRRXl

$Real-time preview of text editing characters

Not in the text editing window, but in the
It will be reflected in the actual string layer.
Since this is a preview, if you close the dialog without saving, it will return to the state before you opened the dialog.

There’s currently a plugin for that, @Michelist already gave the link.
That’s a prototype implemented for testing before a native integration in Krita I think.
There’s also already some tasks for improvement of text editing in Krita.

Grum999

[Michelist]

@Grum999

Using a font not installed is technically possible, but only fonts supported by Qt framework are recognized

That is cool, and I didn’t know that!

Michelist

[KnowZero]

@lRRXl

$Use of external font files that are not installed.

ShapesAndLayers plugin lets you load up fonts that are not installed. You can even hotload them realtime by specifying a directory.

@lRRXl

By specifying a file with the following extension, you can specify the font in that file.
.ttf, .otf,.tte,.ote,.eot,.woff,*.woff2
etc.

As mentioned, QT supports only certain formats. You can convert them pretty easily.

@lRRXl

$Make it possible to specify a font for each character type.

Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Korean, Chinese, Symbols, Numbers, English, etc.
I would like to be able to specify the font for each character type.
This is because some free fonts contain only hiragana, katakana, or other specific character types.

There is really no such thing as a character type. Now there are character ranges, but every font is different and not all follow standards, especially symbol fonts. Not to mention there are languages, full width characters and etc.

This seems more like something you’d have in a plugin then adding officially.