Thanks for the screenshot in action
this did allow me to find out what's going on.
It's because you are trying to write a text outside of the image / canvas,
You can increase the canvas size by going to the menu Image ➤ Canvas size or write inside the canvas/image, then move your text and eventually go to Image ➤ Fit Canvas to Layers to see your text.
10 seconds video https://imgur.com/a/FQWW8LN
![[Image: thumbsup.png]](https://www.gimp-forum.net/images/icons/thumbsup.png)
It's because you are trying to write a text outside of the image / canvas,
You can increase the canvas size by going to the menu Image ➤ Canvas size or write inside the canvas/image, then move your text and eventually go to Image ➤ Fit Canvas to Layers to see your text.
10 seconds video https://imgur.com/a/FQWW8LN