>You might have just caught a Gimp 2.6 with Debian 6 (EOL 2016), but >that image has the blocks of text flattened to a bitmap - not really >editable. There is also an active selection in your image that needs >promoting to a layer, if you want to progress. > >Adding the card symbols. Any number of ways: The linux orthodox way, >using unicode U plus a character code. > >see the attached file. > >Other ways. > >Do all your text in some other application such as LibreOffice which >has a special symbol facility then copy/paste into the Gimp text tool. > >Use a character map and copy/paste individual symbols into the Gimp >text tool. > >examples: https://i.imgur.com/zSuJxze.jpg > >Then the quick-n-dirty way. Make brushes for the 4 shapes and paint in >as a "stamp"
Thanks for a very helpful reply. LibreOffice is clearly best for this job. I might someday want to use unicode characters in a drawing but I can't open a text toolbox like the one in the example zSuJxze.jpg. -- TomGeorge (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
