Wrapping text around and filling text inside of shapes

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(10-16-2019, 09:51 AM)Blighty Wrote:

(10-16-2019, 09:24 AM)getsignups Wrote: Thanks for the reply.So as I mentioned earlier, i want to be able to wrap text  around any shape. For instance, what if I wanted to have text go all around the configuration of the state of California or the continent of Africa? Would the technique still be the same? 

You would use "Text along a Path".
First, draw the path
Second, fit the text to the path.

Gimp comes with a built in "Text along a Path". Found at Layer > Text along Path (text and path must exist).

There is also the Ofnuts "Text along a Path". A plug-in, found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-pa...s/scripts/. ofn-text-along-path.zip, about 3 down.

Between those 2 you can do nearly everything you want.

For text around California I would recommend:
1) Use the path tool to create a path around California
2) Use the Ofnuts ofn-text-along-path to add the text.

For the spiral: Inkscape has a very good spiral tool. You could create the spiral in Inkscape and import it into Gimp as a path. Then use one of the above 2 to add the text.

As always, there is more than one method of doing things. So the method used can differ depending on each individual case.

Thanks!