Is there a way to make text italic with Python-Fu for GIMP?

Question

My script changes text in a text layer, but doing that changes the text from italic to normal text. Is there a way to not make it change; or to change it back afterwards?

I looked in the command browser in gimp but only found commands to change the font itself. I couldn't find a way to pass any additional formatting, but maybe I missed something.. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Gimp has no notion of "Italic" or "Bold" font attributes. Fonts usually have several variants that appear "italic" (such as Latin Modern Sans Oblique or Latin Modern Roman Slanted) or "bold" with various degrees (Noto Sans goes form Noto Sans Thin to Noto Sans Heavy, with intermediate Semi-bold,Bold, and Ultra-bold variants. But it's all in the name.