And, of course, the best tool for this job might not be GIMP at all. Vector oriented edition programs, such as Inkscape will allow much better control of text along a path, including in-place editing of the text. You can then export your final rendering to finish the image in GIMP.
On 2 November 2017 at 11:41, rich404 <[email protected]> wrote: >>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 _______________________________________________ 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
