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Editing text along a path

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Editing text along a path Hydrohaven 18 Nov 06:45
  Editing text along a path Alexandre Prokoudine 18 Nov 14:49
Hydrohaven
2012-11-18 06:45:18 UTC (over 12 years ago)
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Editing text along a path

I am new to Gimp and have loaded 2.8. I have been using it to create graphics for the pin-back buttons I make. I have been using the Photoshop 1" button template located on this page: http://buttonmakers.net/blog/new-photoshop-templates/ I'll attempt to attach the template to this post.

The template has the words "perimeter text" that follows the inside of a path on the template. In the video demo on the same page in which the user used photoshop to demonstrate, she just hovers over the text with the mouse after selecting the text tool and is able to click on it and just change the exsisting text. I have not found this to be the case using Gimp. Is there a way I can easily edit this text, or do I have to create my own text along the path? If I have to create my own text along the path, how do I make it so the text follws in inside edge of the path?

Thanks for you help.

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Alexandre Prokoudine
2012-11-18 14:49:10 UTC (over 12 years ago)

Editing text along a path

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Hydrohaven wrote:

I am new to Gimp and have loaded 2.8. I have been using it to create graphics for the pin-back buttons I make. I have been using the Photoshop 1" button template located on this page:
http://buttonmakers.net/blog/new-photoshop-templates/ I'll attempt to attach the template to this post.

The template has the words "perimeter text" that follows the inside of a path on the template. In the video demo on the same page in which the user used photoshop to demonstrate, she just hovers over the text with the mouse after selecting the text tool and is able to click on it and just change the exsisting text. I have not found this to be the case using Gimp. Is there a way I can easily edit this text, or do I have to create my own text along the path? If I have to create my own text along the path, how do I make it so the text follws in inside edge of the path?

You can't do that with GIMP yet. Inkscape is your friend -- there you can place text cursor to tyhe beginning of the text that already goes along the path and use Alt + Arrow Down keys to shift all of the text down/up.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org