Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP text editing help needed [RESOLVED]

2021-09-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021, Liam R E Quin wrote: Or, to change the size of just some of the letters in that text box: when the cursor is the vertical line / I-beam, and there are text controls right on the image canvas, drag over hte letters you want to change, and you should see yellow boxes arond

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP text editing help needed

2021-09-10 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2021-09-10 at 12:11 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2021, Liam R E Quin wrote: > > > Make sure you are eiter (1) changing the size in tool options, or > > (2) > > selecting the text before using the on-canvas tool. > > Liam, > > I'm not finding an Options item in the Tools

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP text editing help needed

2021-09-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Sep 2021, Liam R E Quin wrote: Make sure you are eiter (1) changing the size in tool options, or (2) selecting the text before using the on-canvas tool. Liam, I'm not finding an Options item in the Tools menu. Using the rectangle select tool I enclose the text, select the text

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP text editing help needed

2021-09-10 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2021-09-10 at 11:36 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > > I changed one layer's text size from 24pt to 36pt and nothing > happened. Make sure you are eiter (1) changing the size in tool options, or (2) selecting the text before using the on-canvas tool. -- Liam Quin -

[Gimp-user] GIMP text editing help needed

2021-09-10 Thread Rich Shepard
Running gimp-2.8.18-x86_64-1_slack14.2 (on Slackware-14.2/x86_64). I want to change the font sizes in the text in two layers over a background image; the file format is .xcf. So I read Chapter 9 (Text Management) and the text tool options in Section 5.6 online and both say that any change to