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Hello everyone,
As promised, here is the video that shows you how to add fonts to Krita.
I hope this helps you. Until next time, have a good end of summer.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 How to add a new font to Krita
Go to the YouTube video to see links to other websites that offer free or paid fonts.
Hello Corinne, and thank you for your video.
A quick note: Your video applies to any operating system, if it’s not Android.
Unfortunately, Google does not want Android users to install things in one application and use those things, in this case fonts, in another application. There are very few exceptions where an additional font installed in Android is available in other applications. It is said that Microsoft Office applications are one of those exceptions, but I don’t know all of them, since I haven’t used Android for at least 4 years.
It is possible, that this also applies to ChromeOS, but that is only a guess because of the company behind ChromeOS named Google.
Michelist
Hello. I wasn’t aware of that. I will add (with your permission) your comment to the description’s box. Your comment will be super useful to the viewers. Let me know if you rather me write something else. I’ll copy whatever you send me. Thank You Michelist. You are as always, so helpful and I appreciate you greatly!
Hi again. I am adding the following comment in my description box under my YouTube video:
“I was made aware a few minutes ago that Android operating system users may not be able to install fonts in Krita because Android does not allow Plugins. I investigated a little more on that subject in the forum, and I saw that a few people who tried to install new fonts in Android said that it was very hard, even at times, impossible. That said, I wasn’t aware of that matter prior to shooting the video. So, my apologies to all of you!!! And many, many thanks to Michelist, from Krita’s forum, for making us aware of that important matter.”
Yes, of course you can use my comment. And sorry, I’m slow in writing and translating my pre-written postings.
There is not much to add, Google is increasingly blocking Android users from accessing certain Android functionalities, simply because of the fear of attacks on the Android operating system. As a result, users are increasingly rooting their Android devices in order to be able to use their hardware and the software running on it with fewer restrictions.
It seems that the big players, such as Microsoft, Adobe, and I don’t know who else, can buy access to these protection mechanisms and the code to bypass them, otherwise they would have the same problems as the “small” providers of apps for Android.
In the end, however, this means that the users, in order to bypass many (all) of the restrictions, which are not fundamentally nonsensical, crack Android and its entire protection mechanisms and then operate their tablets and cell phones with alternative firmware that is programmed differently well and (in)securely, or also quite radically with a more or less completely rewritten OS, usually a very strongly customized Android.
Unfortunately, and contrary to all the assurances of their developers, these alternative firmware’s and operating systems are usually afflicted with varying degrees of security vulnerabilities. This is because these “small players” do not have the resources and (test) user base to test their changes to the extent that Google, Apple, the Linux community, or Microsoft can, given their existing resources and user base.
And that’s where we get to the point where Google’s paranoia and the resulting nailing of Android leads to more insecurity overall. Because the users of course still know what Android was capable of, they still know how much more the cracked Androids are capable of, moreover they don’t want to be bullied and have their often many hundreds of $, €, £, ¥, etc. expensive, and in principle highly capable, devices put on a virtual chain and neutered. And with this knowledge in the back of their minds, i.e. “Hey, there’s so much more that can be done!”, they root their devices and open the doors … 
Michelist
Hello Corinne, below you’ll find another current topic around this Gordian-Knot Google has to solve, where I wrote in even more detail as above, because this is an issue many have issues to grasp in its whole complexity and difficulty.
Michelist
Add: Sorry for the cross-linking (back and forth), but I don’t know how else to make readers of both topics aware of the other.
Just to note you can add fonts to Krita without restarting via plugins like ShapesAndLayers, though that is for adding temporary fonts, not permanent ones or Krita only fonts
For some, this may be an option that they like and that is the right way to go.
But it’s an unfortunate fact, for those who use Android, that you can’t install plugins on Android, so it won’t help them.
And for the other operating systems, I might as well stick with the standard method, which is to install the fonts in the system, and then take advantage of the fact that the fonts I install are available in any software. But that’s a matter of personal preference.
Michelist
