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Have re-editable rotated text in GIMP

  • 18-04-2013 09:17PM
    #1
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭


    I can add text in GIMP and rotate it 90 degrees so it is vertical. But I cannot then edit this again without it rotating back to where it was.

    I want to create mulitple images with different text in the same place, and want it in the exact same place.

    I have also done text along a vertical path but cannot see how to edit it.


Comments

  • #2
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    I don't use GIMP much, but I think the text tool is not as sophisticated as Photoshop's and doesn't yet have this functionality. It might be worth looking at another FOSS editor, like inkscape. Since it's vector based you may have more control over the text.


  • #3
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Cheers, I think if I had a font where the text was sideways I could do it. I would create a text box and have it stretched the wrong way, narrow horizontally & long vertically. So a normal font would like the one on the left below, and changing that text to a special rotated font would be the right.

    file.php?id=43&t=1


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