Re: [Gimp-user] distorted text issue

["Joao S. O. Bueno" <gwidion mpc com br>]

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 <forums gimpusers com> 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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