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Cahnge text in image OdieZ 15 Feb 14:52
  Cahnge text in image Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list 15 Feb 16:07
   Cahnge text in image Liam R E Quin 15 Feb 16:19
    Cahnge text in image Kevin Cozens 15 Feb 17:33
    Cahnge text in image Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list 15 Feb 17:37
  Cahnge text in image Liam R E Quin 15 Feb 16:12
  Cahnge text in image Rick Strong 15 Feb 16:58
2020-02-15 14:52:54 UTC (about 4 years ago)
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Cahnge text in image

Hi
I an new to Gimp and not very god at it, I have a lot of images that I want to change the text on it, It must be the same font.

1 How do I know what font it is 2. How do I change the font to new text.

Is there a step by stem to show how this can be done. I want to change the language

Hera are two screens to show what I want to try to do.

Attachments: * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1361/original/1.png * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1362/original/2.png

OdieZ (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)
Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list
2020-02-15 16:07:29 UTC (about 4 years ago)

Cahnge text in image

Odie,

Happily those images can be edited given they have large areas of the same color. But, two caveats --

1. Be very sure that the content of these images are not copyright if you intend to use them for anything other than personal use or artistic purpose. They appear in your examples to be images of some device display. Such are almost surely under copyright. A word to the wise and all that.

2. You can NOT tell what fonts were used by the people who originally made those images unless you have documentation that tells you this or there is some kind of EXIF data for those images that contain such information (which is almost surely not true).

The best you can do is compare the fonts on your computer with the fonts in the images and try to find as close a match as you have. GIMP will show in its Text control the fonts on your computer. You can use your operating system's Font control panel (e.g., in Windows10 click on the taskbar Start menu, type Font, and run the 'Font Settings' application; Windows will open it; it will show all fonts installed with a small example of the font so youc an gauge whether it is similar to the fonts in the images you want to edit).

This said, it is also possible to install new fonts if you find that none of those your computer currently have are acceptable. Google maintains a very large collection of non-commercial fonts that you may use:

https://fonts.google.com/

So, a fair bit of effort just to identify a font you can use, I'm afraid.

To "replace" the fonts is fairly straightforward:

1. Open image 2. Duplicate layer
3. Use the Color Picker (type O) tool to select the color behind the font 4. Switch the Foreground to Background (the two color boxes at the bottom of the toolbox) and use the same tool to select the font color 5. Add some guides for the font baseline and the font begin point, and the font height
6. Switch the colors again and use the Brush tool to color over the font 7. Switch the colors again and use the Text tool, selecting the font you wish to use, and add your new font starting with the guide point; you'll likely need to play with the font size to "fit" the font height to the guides you added earlier

Regards

On 2/15/2020 8:52 AM, OdieZ wrote:

Hi
I an new to Gimp and not very god at it, I have a lot of images that I want to change the text on it, It must be the same font.

1 How do I know what font it is 2. How do I change the font to new text.

Is there a step by stem to show how this can be done. I want to change the language

Hera are two screens to show what I want to try to do.

Attachments: * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1361/original/1.png * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1362/original/2.png

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

― Aristotle
Liam R E Quin
2020-02-15 16:12:25 UTC (about 4 years ago)

Cahnge text in image

On Sat, 2020-02-15 at 15:52 +0100, OdieZ wrote:

Hi
I an new to Gimp and not very god at it, I have a lot of images that I want to change the text on it, It must be the same font.

This isn't in general easy, unless the images are in PDF or XCF.

1 How do I know what font it is

Use font identification software

2. How do I change the font to new text.

If the background is solid, erase the old text (e.g. select a rectangle round it and fill with black or with white) and use the text tool to make new text.

Note that this is not a usual way to translate software, if that's what you are doing.

Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/
with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read.
Click here to have the slave rewarded with extra work.
Liam R E Quin
2020-02-15 16:19:49 UTC (about 4 years ago)

Cahnge text in image

On Sat, 2020-02-15 at 10:07 -0600, Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list wrote:

2. You can NOT tell what fonts were used

There's a fairly good font identification program for Android - Find My Font.

slave liam

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with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read.
Click here to have the slave beaten.
Rick Strong
2020-02-15 16:58:32 UTC (about 4 years ago)

Cahnge text in image

Check out "What The Font" for #1

Rick S.

-----Original Message----- From: OdieZ
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 9:52 AM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: [Gimp-user] Cahnge text in image

Hi I an new to Gimp and not very god at it, I have a lot of images that I want to
change the text on it, It must be the same font.

1 How do I know what font it is 2. How do I change the font to new text.

Is there a step by stem to show how this can be done. I want to change the language

Hera are two screens to show what I want to try to do.

Attachments: * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1361/original/1.png * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1362/original/2.png

OdieZ (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)
Kevin Cozens
2020-02-15 17:33:51 UTC (about 4 years ago)

Cahnge text in image

On 2020-02-15 11:19 a.m., Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Sat, 2020-02-15 at 10:07 -0600, Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list > wrote:
>>
>> 2. You can NOT tell what fonts were used >
> There's a fairly good font identification program for Android - Find My > Font.

You don't need an app to attempt font identification. There are multiple websites available online that will attempt to identify a font for you given a sample image. There is at least one site that attempts to identify a font based on you telling it about various features of characters in the font.

Cheers!

Kevin.

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Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list
2020-02-15 17:37:38 UTC (about 4 years ago)

Cahnge text in image

News to me, thanks!! I find personally the nuances between, especially, sans serif fonts quite difficult to "see".

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of
human existence.”

― Aristotle

On Sat, Feb 15, 2020, 10:19 AM Liam R E Quin  wrote:

> On Sat, 2020-02-15 at 10:07 -0600, Guy Stalnaker via gimp-user-list
> wrote:
> >
> > 2. You can NOT tell what fonts were used
>
> There's a fairly good font identification program for Android - Find My
> Font.
>
>
> slave liam
>
>
> --
> Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/
> with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read.
> Click here to have the slave beaten.
>
>