Re: [Gimp-user] Text to path not working, text cut off

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 01/29/2013 10:07 PM, AllForGimpbut wrote:
> I've tried this a number of times and it was successful. This time nothing I try
> is successful.
>
> Problem: want some text along a circular path and the result of "text to path"
> is ALWAYS text is truncated at the 19th character.
>
> GIMP 2.8.2 on Ubuntu 12.11
>
> Process
> 1. create a new background
> 2. make a circular selection
> 3. issue "select / to path" command
> 4. issue "select / none" command
> 5. create my text, 35 characters long on one line
> 6. issue "text / along path" command
>
> The text ALWAYS starts at the 12 o'clock position and is ALWAYS cut off at the
> 19th character!
>
> Any solutions anyone?
>
> On the original circle the text cuts off at the 4 o'clock position.
>
> If I make the circle larger the text is still cut off at the 19th character but:
> - It starts at 12 o'clock and is cut off at 2 o'clock
>
> If I make the circle smaller the text is still cut off at the 19th character
> but:
> - It starts at 12 o'clock and is cut off at 6 o'clock
>
> All the circles are large enough for all the text to print around their
> circumference.
>
> Really frustrated by this.

The problem with a closed circle is that you can't really tell where it 
starts. You can force its starting point by removing a (very) small 
segment (can be sub-pixel) from it with the path editor: add two very 
close points to the curve (Ctrl-click on the circle where you want the 
points) then remove the segment in between (Ctrl-Shift-click on segment).

When using text-along-path around a circle, you can position the 
produced path text using the Rotate tool (with Transform: path in the 
tool options) and rotate it around the center of the circle.

Otherwise I have a script that does the job slightly differently and 
give more options to position your text (and isn't affected by the 
aforementioned bug);
http://gimp-path-tools.sourceforge.net/tools.shtml#text-along-path