06-27-2020, 07:14 PM
(06-27-2020, 03:34 PM)rich2005 Wrote: ...
There is another solution. One of ofnuts many plugins ofn-remove-tangents. Applied that gives a new 'Cleaned' path (works here)
same place as the ofn-text-along-path plugin http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-pat...s/scripts/
and while you are there try the ofn-path-to-shape plugin for really good circular paths.
Sorry, Rich, but generally speaking, I doubt very much that ofn-remove-tangents would improve matters in this situation (see *): as a matter of fact, in the path of this example, most of the anchors causing the problem haven't any tangents already.
What one really needs is (few) 'smooth anchors'--i.e., those with tangents ('handles') in a straight line: so, ofn-path-to-shape. In this case, with the guides in place, a circle from diameter or radius...
(*) Simple experiment:
- create a 'good' circular path (ofn plugin) and put some text on it, with Gimp default 'text along path'
- stroke the circular path 1px, and, using that as a guide, create a poligonal path with 4 or more anchors, ample for your text
- put your text on this new path, and compare results: (a) when one of the anchors falls inside a character, or (b) inside the space between characters.
One of my problems when putting text on paths for a map (i.e., 'Something River' along a river) is to make the path smooth enough for a decent text--and this applies also to ofn-text-along-path.