Re: [Gimp-user] Text with accents

[Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop ntlworld com>]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 01:06:23AM +0100, Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 07:06:08PM -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 23:10 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote:

(Following up on the tool options)

> > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 12:11:13PM -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > please see my earlier reply to Patrick - the accented letters that
> > > did not work are definitely in FreeSans, I think the difference is
> > > that I access them via keys mapped as some-dead-accent + letter.
> >
> > OK. So if you paste them into GIMP they work? Or if you click on "use
> > text editor" in the tool options dialogue when text is active, do they
> > work in the tool editor?
>
> Will try those at some point - might take a while, other things are
> in the way.  I'd forgotten about the editor option and I didn't have
> examples of the accented letters anywhere handy - that's the
> benefit, for me, of setting up my own keymap: I can remember how to
> get most of the accents (strictly, diacriticals) I use.

Still on my ToDo list, but maybe a few days away (a problematic day
comign up, and will be busy more TV from Saturday).
> > > Unfortunately I keep losing the ability to paint with any brush.
> >
> > When you click on the image with a brush, what happens exactly?
>
> Nothing.
>
> Specifically - I clicked on one pixel with the current colour and
> pasted that ok, then as in the previous changes of colour I used the
> eyedropper to select a different colour, back to tools->paint
> tools->paintbrush and after that the last time nothing got changed.
>
> > When you drag, what happens?
>
> I've not been dragging - for tiny text itself there is no benefit to
> dragging, for lines I tend to get a lot more spill (e.g. above or
> below the line for a horizontal line, usually with a faint version
> of the selected white or blue).  I did try vertical drags
> over two pixels when adding the umlauts, but again there was spill
> and no space to let it go - lowercase 'o' is something like 6 pixels
> by 6 pixels on the least-small of the sizes I'm trying.
>
> > In tool options for the paintbrush, is the Mode (at the top) set to
> > Normal?
Yes

> > Just below the Mode, is Opacity set to 100% ? Are Brush Dynamics set to
> > Off?

Yes and Yes.

> > Make sure also that Anti erase, near the bottom of tool options, is not
> > selected. Pressing the Alt key will also choose anti-erase. This
> > "paints" by removing transparency from the current layer.
>
> Will need to check.

Can't find it.

Going down, after Dynamic options I have:

Fade Options

Repeat  None (extend)

Reverse not selected

Colour Options
  Gradient FG to BG
  Blend Colour Space CIE lab

Apply jitter - sleected

Smooth stroke not selected

Lock Brush to view - selected ***

Incremental (not selected)

Ah!  If I deselect Lock Brush to view I can again use the brush.

I think one of the links I found earlier when first looking for
solutions mentioned setting that.  But it looks as if that somehow
again got unset (when painting worked the second time), and then
somehow it again got enabled.

Now that I know where else to look, I'll make a note to keep an eye
on this.  Many thanks!

ĸen
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