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text been cut of - hendrikbez - 04-27-2020
I am trying to make a text that the text must be transparent and background black, but the top of the text is cut of, why?
RE: text been cut of - Ofnuts - 04-27-2020
Where did you get that "Digital-7" font? It seems that its geometry is wrong..
RE: text been cut of - hendrikbez - 04-27-2020
I have download it from internet, need it for what I want to do, did not see any in gimp fonts.
RE: text been cut of - rich2005 - 04-27-2020
A broken font. ( get it from Dafont) Tried in Gimp 2.8 so not just Gimp 2.10
Sometimes these can be fixed by running throught FontForge, sometimes more bother than they are worth. I will have a go.
In the mean time text to path is still there to render.
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Edit: Did not take much fixing: Zipped and attached
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RE: text been cut of - hendrikbez - 04-27-2020
rich2005, thank you
RE: text been cut of - rich2005 - 04-27-2020
(04-27-2020, 08:50 AM)hendrikbez Wrote: rich2005, thank you
Do not thank me too soon. Missed the space character, fixed now. The zip in the previous post updated.
RE: text been cut of - hendrikbez - 04-27-2020
Thank you, but I cannot get the text in the middle of it, and how do I make the text transparent.
RE: text been cut of - rich2005 - 04-27-2020
Not 100% sure what you are asking
1. Do you need the character ( O ) center of the black base layer.
Add 50% guides Image -> Guides -> New Guide (by percent)
The text is in a fixed box which makes it look off center. In the Text tool options Box -> Dynamic
Now use the move tool and move the center of the text box to the center of the canvas guides.
If you want to tidy things up then Layer -> Layer to Image size (not absolutely necessary, you will lose text properties)
demo: https://i.imgur.com/P1HUdQX.mp4
2. Transparent text: An old post I made, still there: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Cut-Out-Text
For your text, which is quite small I would try:
Layer -> Path from Text (The rendered white text is not wonderful)
Add a new White layer.
Add a white layer mask
With the layer mask active, make a selection from the path, fill the selection with Black.
Turn off the selection and also path visibility.
Turn off the text layer visibility.
Anything in a layer under will show through the text.
demo: https://i.imgur.com/aGoNNzk.mp4
RE: text been cut of - hendrikbez - 04-28-2020
(04-27-2020, 02:20 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Not 100% sure what you are asking
1. Do you need the character ( O ) center of the black base layer.
Add 50% guides Image -> Guides -> New Guide (by percent)
The text is in a fixed box which makes it look off center. In the Text tool options Box -> Dynamic
Now use the move tool and move the center of the text box to the center of the canvas guides.
If you want to tidy things up then Layer -> Layer to Image size (not absolutely necessary, you will lose text properties)
demo: https://i.imgur.com/P1HUdQX.mp4
2. Transparent text: An old post I made, still there: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Cut-Out-Text
For your text, which is quite small I would try:
Layer -> Path from Text (The rendered white text is not wonderful)
Add a new White layer.
Add a white layer mask
With the layer mask active, make a selection from the path, fill the selection with Black.
Turn off the selection and also path visibility.
Turn off the text layer visibility.
Anything in a layer under will show through the text.
demo: https://i.imgur.com/aGoNNzk.mp4
Thank you, Got it to work