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8.5
Text
8.5.1
Embellishing Text
Figure 8.32: Fancy text
Four fancy text items created using logo scripts: alien neon, bovination, frosty, and chalk. Default settings were used for
everything except font size.
There are many things you can do to vary the appearance of text beyond just rendering it with different fonts or different colors.
By converting a text item to a selection or a path, you can fill it, stroke the outlines, transform it, or generallly apply the whole
panoply of GIMP tools to get interesting effects. As a demonstration of some of the possibilities, try out the "logo" scripts in
the Toolbox menu, at Xtns → Script-Fu → Logos. Each of these scripts allows you to enter some text, and then creates a new
image showing a logo constructed out of that text. If you would like to modify one of these scripts, or construct a logo script of
your own, the
By converting a text item to a selection or a path, you can fill it, stroke the outlines, transform it, or generallly apply the whole
panoply of GIMP tools to get interesting effects. As a demonstration of some of the possibilities, try out the "logo" scripts in
the Toolbox menu, at Xtns → Script-Fu → Logos. Each of these scripts allows you to enter some text, and then creates a new
image showing a logo constructed out of that text. If you would like to modify one of these scripts, or construct a logo script of
your own, the
and
sections should help you get started. Of course, you don’t need Script-Fu
to create these sorts of effects, only to automate them.
8.5.2
Adding Fonts
For the most authoritative and up-to-date information on fonts in GIMP, consult the ‘Fonts in GIMP 2.0’ page [
at the GIMP web site. This section attempts to give you a helpful overview.
GIMP uses the FreeType 2 font engine to render fonts, and a system called Fontconfig to manage them. GIMP will let you use
any font in Fontconfig’s font path; it will also let you use any font it finds in GIMP’s font search path, which is set on the
any font in Fontconfig’s font path; it will also let you use any font it finds in GIMP’s font search path, which is set on the
page of the Preferences dialog. By default, the font search path includes a system GIMP-fonts folder (which you should
not alter, even though it is actually empty), and a fonts folder inside your personal GIMP directory. You can add new folders
to the font search path if it is more convenient for you.
to the font search path if it is more convenient for you.
FreeType 2 is a very powerful and flexible system. By default, it supports the following font file formats:
• TrueType fonts (and collections)
• Type 1 fonts
• CID-keyed Type 1 fonts
• CFF fonts
• OpenType fonts (both TrueType and CFF variants)
• SFNT-based bitmap fonts
• X11 PCF fonts