Re: [Gimp-user] Text Characters

["Rick Strong" <rnstrong primus ca>]

This works for me:
1. Enter your text
2. Layer-> Text to Path
3. Edit-> Stroke path (You need to choose a different colour from the text 
color. If you want a black outline, make the text red, or some other colour 
and stroke it with black.)
4. Edit-> Select by Color. (Select the red "insides".)
5. Ctrl + x (or delete) to delete the colour of your text (Delete the red 
"insides") and leave just the black outline.

At what step do you get hung up?

Rick S

-----Original Message----- 
From: Paula Koval
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 9:51 PM
To: ofnuts gmx com
Cc: gimp-user-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Text Characters

Hello, Everyone!

I am looking for the way to take text that I have created that has a solid
color, make an outline around the edges of each character, and make the
center of each character transparent so it the attributes of the layer
below it will show through the transparent area.  I tried to work with the
instructions I was given to do this (see below) but either I cannot
understand what I am to do, or the instructions are not complete.  To all
who have helped me, I thank you and I need a bit more to understand how
this is to be done.

Have a great weekend!

Paula

Subject: [Gimp-user] Text Characters
> Hello, All!  I have been looking for a way to produce text that has an
> outline that has a color but a transparent interior.  I have searched the
> Help to the best of my ability before asking.  I suspect that it takes the
> use of a Tool, like a Brush or Bucket to subtract the fill.  My thanks in
> advance for your help.


1. Enter your text
2. Layer->Text to Path
3. Edit->Stroke path (you need to set up color etc)
4. Edit->Select by Color
5. Ctrl + x to delete the colour (of your text)




Owen
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Rick Strong rnstrong primus ca via
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Feb 22 (8 days ago)
to Owen, gimp-user
A slight correction to this great instruction:
4. Select -> by Color

Rick S.

-----Original Message----- From: Owen Cook
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:26 PM
To: gimp-user
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Text Characters
Ofnuts via <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en> gnome.org
Feb 22 (8 days ago)
to gimp-user-list
Much better IMHO to avoid the post-stroke deletion by stroking the text
outline on a new layer...

In addition select-by-color does a "binary" selection so the pixels on the
edge are either completely removed
(jagged line) or left (faint colored rim).

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com> wrote:

> Much better IMHO to avoid the post-stroke deletion by stroking the text
> outline on a new layer...
>
> In addition select-by-color does a "binary" selection so the pixels on the
> edge are either completely removed
> (jagged line) or left (faint colored rim).
>
>
> On 22/02/17 19:19, Rick Strong wrote:
>
> > A slight correction to this great instruction:
> > 4. Select -> by Color
> >
> > Rick S.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Owen Cook
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:26 PM
> > To: gimp-user
> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Text Characters
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: [Gimp-user] Text Characters
> > > Hello, All!  I have been looking for a way to produce text that has an
> > > outline that has a color but a transparent interior.  I have searched 
> > > the
> > > Help to the best of my ability before asking.  I suspect that it takes
> > > the
> > > use of a Tool, like a Brush or Bucket to subtract the fill.  My thanks 
> > > in
> > > advance for your help.
> >
> >
> > 1. Enter your text
> > 2. Layer->Text to Path
> > 3. Edit->Stroke path (you need to set up color etc)
> > 4. Edit->Select by Color
> > 5. Ctrl + x to delete the colour (of your text)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Owen
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