[Gimp-user] How do I put diacritics in text?

[rich2005 <forums gimpusers com>]

> I'm afraid I have minimal knowledge of GIMP; I only use it to design 
> simple covers for the ebooks I design for the free ebook library at 
> www.mobileread.com.
>
> The ebook I'm about to start working on is 'The Adventures of
> Elizabeth
> in Rügen'. As you can see the u in Rügen has an umlaut, but I can't
> work
> out how to produce that with GIMP. The text is white on a black 
> background, so I can't make an image of the text and use that.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to put diacritics in text?

I use linux, and compose key works very well, Windows has a ctrl-key + numberpad
equivalent.

However not many Windows users these days use that, so the alternative.

Look for the windows character map and copy/paste into Wordpad screenshot:
http://i.imgur.com/pB9E7vl.jpg

Then when finished copy the whole of the text.

In Gimp Text tool options enable "Use Editor" and paste the text in screenshot:
http://i.imgur.com/K0Mq3tl.jpg

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