text tool in 2.8 crops top of characters when using some fonts
Submitted by Matt G H C
Link to original bug (#757392)
Description
I created a .xcf last year in GIMP 2.6, with some text using the font 'SF Movie Poster', and it all worked fine. Built a new computer, transferred my files, installed GIMP 2.8, and tried to edit my .xcf... and found that 2.8 chops the top off all the uppercase characters. It's still leaving space in the text box, but rendering the upper few rows of pixels as transparent. I've also tried creating a new .xcf, and found it has the same problem. Everything works fine if I use a different font, but I need to use SF Movie Poster as that's already established as the project's signature typeface.
Apologies if I've missed anything important from this report - never had any significant problems with GIMP before so it's my first time doing this =]
Version: 2.8.14