On 8/13/19, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a means for adding an arrow to > an image in GIMP? > > The article here describes something called ArrowsCreator. > https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/44797/how-do-i-insert-arrows-into-a-picture-in-gimp > Is it advisable? > > Any other recommendations?
Hi, Peter.. I played with this a little bit and also installed a font viewer which was already a to-do item. Gnome-font-viewer. Super simple. It apparently opens up in the font directory. Dingbats had a few various arrows. The file I found for it has Adobe's name on it, adobe-dingbats, but I can't figure out when it's pulled into my debootstraps. It should be from the main repository, most likely. If that Adobe name is a deal-breaker because of e.g. copyrights or something, your webpage there reminded me that you can do a key combination that lets you draw a PERFECT straight line. I just tested it with the "pencil tool" and one of the acrylic "brushes" for its tip. That gave it a "chalkboard chalk" outer edge. The star brush gives you kind of a sawtooth look, by the way. :) My sample came out well enough that I added it as my own brush, grin. Their instructions worked just as written there. I'd forgotten we can create our own brushes. Mine's imperfectly shaped using that option of clicking the first point, next click AND HOLD "shift" then click your second point... And move-cursor-&-click and move-cursor-&-click until you get whatever shape you want then release the shift key when you're finished. If you do freehand but still want it symmetrical, you could draw the first half, copy & paste a copy, flip that copy, and line it up to make the whole arrow. Have fun! Cindy :) PS My apologies if this reply warps anything. I'm replying through the Lists webpage to see if that works properly on my end. For one thing, I haven't seen a line count toggle anywhere (yet). It's bringing up memories of a thread about that very topic from quite a while back. :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
