Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
Owen wrote: I wonder why you can't use Inkscape to do this? Because I tried. In inkscape you can make the text object as thing as you want, but as soon as you make it follow a path it automatically change back to the original ratio. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Zhang Weiwuzhangwe...@realss.com wrote: Owen wrote: I wonder why you can't use Inkscape to do this? Because I tried. Yeah - I tried Inkscape first too - there seems to be no way to condense the text once it's on a path. Did you try Scribus? Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
Not sure if this helps but after you create your text you can use the scale tool break the link between Width and height and scale the text on the width only. From: zhangwe...@realss.com To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:05:12 +0800 Subject: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path Hello. I followed the tutorial of how to make text along path: http://gimp-tutorials.net/node/114 My difficulty here is to make manually condensed text along path. I want the text so much thin that any font's condensed version could not do. To make such condensed text, I either scale the text layer with layer scale tool, or I convert the text to path and scale the path. However after scaling layer or path, Text along path no longer apply. Any idea? thanks in advance for hints. Attached is the text along path I made, with the ordinary text, not condensed (only 1.4KB). _ Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660826___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
danny tauro wrote: Not sure if this helps but after you create your text you can use the scale tool break the link between Width and height and scale the text on the width only. I did exactly this (use the scale tool on the tool box) but this would make the layer as changed text layer that text layer tool Text along path could not work on, unless I allow text tool to revert my changes to make it a text layer again, which reverts height/width ratio. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
Yeah after the fact I looked at it more and I see your problem exactly. Perhaps a font editor that would let you change the font at the source? Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:33:56 +0800 From: zhangwe...@realss.com To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path danny tauro wrote: Not sure if this helps but after you create your text you can use the scale tool break the link between Width and height and scale the text on the width only. I did exactly this (use the scale tool on the tool box) but this would make the layer as changed text layer that text layer tool Text along path could not work on, unless I allow text tool to revert my changes to make it a text layer again, which reverts height/width ratio. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _ Create a cool, new character for your Windows Live™ Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Zhang Weiwuzhangwe...@realss.com wrote: Hello. I followed the tutorial of how to make text along path: http://gimp-tutorials.net/node/114 My difficulty here is to make manually condensed text along path. I want the text so much thin that any font's condensed version could not do. To make such condensed text, I either scale the text layer with layer scale tool, or I convert the text to path and scale the path. However after scaling layer or path, Text along path no longer apply. Any idea? thanks in advance for hints. I'm not sure of any way to do this within GIMP. I was able to to this in Scribus[1] however, by following these instructions: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Text_on_a_Path Then I was able to set the text width to 50%. Then selecting the text, doing Object-Convert-To Path, then File-Export-SVG I was able to make a SVG file that could be opened inside of GIMP. It's a somewhat clumsy method, but maybe it will work? Chris [1] http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=enpage=download ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
Yeah after the fact I looked at it more and I see your problem exactly. Perhaps a font editor that would let you change the font at the source? Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:33:56 +0800 From: zhangwe...@realss.com To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path danny tauro wrote: Not sure if this helps but after you create your text you can use the scale tool break the link between Width and height and scale the text on the width only. I did exactly this (use the scale tool on the tool box) but this would make the layer as changed text layer that text layer tool Text along path could not work on, unless I allow text tool to revert my changes to make it a text layer again, which reverts height/width ratio. Hi, I wonder why you can't use Inkscape to do this? -- Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
Fontwork in Open office will do it too...then just copy and paste into Gimp it works on windows at least. -- From: Owen rc...@pcug.org.au Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:34 PM To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path Yeah after the fact I looked at it more and I see your problem exactly. Perhaps a font editor that would let you change the font at the source? Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:33:56 +0800 From: zhangwe...@realss.com To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path danny tauro wrote: Not sure if this helps but after you create your text you can use the scale tool break the link between Width and height and scale the text on the width only. I did exactly this (use the scale tool on the tool box) but this would make the layer as changed text layer that text layer tool Text along path could not work on, unless I allow text tool to revert my changes to make it a text layer again, which reverts height/width ratio. Hi, I wonder why you can't use Inkscape to do this? -- Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path
Hello. I followed the tutorial of how to make text along path: http://gimp-tutorials.net/node/114 My difficulty here is to make manually condensed text along path. I want the text so much thin that any font's condensed version could not do. To make such condensed text, I either scale the text layer with layer scale tool, or I convert the text to path and scale the path. However after scaling layer or path, Text along path no longer apply. Any idea? thanks in advance for hints. Attached is the text along path I made, with the ordinary text, not condensed (only 1.4KB). attachment: test.png___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
