>Hi All - I'm trying to add some curved text to an image using the text >to path methodology. >I've tried half a dozen fonts - but the all distort to the point of >being unreadable. >Is there a solution to this (that's easy to follow!, I'm pretty basic >lol) > >Thanks
It could be all sorts of things - A high degree of curvature for the path. Sharp corners do not work. - A very small font size will make for poor quality. - and of course if the text is too long for the path, it will shoot off to a corner. Try increasing the character spacing. You might have to also reduce character size to fit the path. It is a trade off. see the attached screenshot. An alternative is a python plugin from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-path-tools/files/scripts/ The top one at the moment: ofn-text-along-path.zip Unzip it, pop the ofn-text-along-path.py in your Gimp profile (for Windows C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins Read the html description of use. It will make a best-fit to a path as well as better kerning of characters. rich: www.gimp-forum.net Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/733/original/fonts.jpg -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
