[Gimp-user] distorted text issue

[kELCAT]

Thank you - I will try this when I have more time.
I used the free trial of PicMonkey which did an amazingly good job in ,3mins

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Re: [Gimp-user] distorted text issue

[Joao S. O. Bueno]

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  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
>
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[Gimp-user] distorted text issue

[rich404]

>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

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[Gimp-user] distorted text issue

[kELCAT]

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

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