[Gimp-user] Need High Def Text

[SportStar <forums gimpusers com>]

> Your "A1" poster is tiny. A1 size is 594 mm x 841 mm and your image
> size in pixels is 592 x 561 pix so I conclude that, apart from the
> aspect ratio, you have pixels and mm mixed up. Printing that on  A1
> papergives a resolution of pixels per inch (ppi)
>
> For a poster that will be viewed at a distance you do not need
> phot-grapic quality 300 ppi but you do need better than 25 ppi, say
> 150 ppi.
>
> Make a new canvas, Image -> New, in the advanced section set the
> horizontal/vertical resolution, set the size in mm. After that work in
> pixels, Gimp is a raster editor, works with pixels.
>
> Then there is the outlining: guessing you did some sort of selection
> and used that, leaving semi-transparent pixels between the white text
> and the magenta outline.
>
> A better way once you have a text layer is Text to path -> Stroke the
> path. Apply that to a layer under the text for best results.
>
> example attached.

MANY THANKS FOR THE ADVICE 

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