[Gimp-user] Special Characters In Text

[TomGeorge <forums gimpusers com>]

> You might have just caught a Gimp 2.6 with Debian 6 (EOL 2016), but
> that image has the blocks of text flattened to a bitmap - not really
> editable. There is also an active selection in your image that needs
> promoting to a layer, if you want to progress.
>
> Adding the card symbols. Any number of ways: The linux orthodox way,
> using unicode U plus a character code.
>
> see the attached file.
>
> Other ways. 
>
> Do all your text in some other application such as LibreOffice which
> has a special symbol facility then copy/paste into the Gimp text tool.
>
> Use a character map and copy/paste individual symbols into the Gimp
> text tool.
>
> examples: https://i.imgur.com/zSuJxze.jpg
>
> Then the quick-n-dirty way. Make brushes for the 4 shapes and paint in
> as a "stamp"

Thanks for a very helpful reply. LibreOffice is clearly best for this job. I
might someday want to use unicode characters in a drawing but I can't open a
text toolbox like the one in the example zSuJxze.jpg.

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