While you can do this in Gimp, the correct tool for the job is the freeware DTP application Scribus. Should not be any need to use Enter to break a line. Just keep tapping TAB until the text moves. Go to the start of each line in turn and use the TAB key to indent the text. Your inverted L is actually easier than most.
Reduce the size of the font, **start again**. If the length of the text is too large with the set font size, there is no easy way. I am using Gimp 2.10.2 so little bits like the text box handles (little squares in the corners) look different but the operation is the same.ĭraw the text box, paste the text in. I thought the old text tool might make things easier for you, obviously not. There is no easy way with Gimp it is a bitmap editor not a universal graphics tool. With this new text box I'm hoping to create, IĪssume I can change the text size and font without having to redo all Now I need to increase the font size and it
I did this on canvas.ĭo I pad out with spaces and use enter inside the on canvas text box? How does that freeze the borders of that box, so when I increase the font it'll all stay inside? I would appreciate if you could clarify a little more, sorry to be a PITA.īreaking lines with enter. I've had trouble with the text being way too small at 18, so I had to raise it to 29. I'm confused as to when I need to actually work inside that floating text box and when I need to actually work with the text on the on canvas text box. I pasted the text in the floating text editor box. What did I do wrong? I then needed to use the Zoom tool and change back to the text tool and choose use text editor. it doesn't look like your image with the indentations. In your example, I checked use text editor and the box popped up and then I moved my mouse to the upper left edge and started drawing a rectangle on the canvas. With this new text box I'm hoping to create, I assume I can change the text size and font without having to redo all the spacebars, etc. Now I need to increase the font size and it throws off everything. I created this by using the spacebar and breaking lines with enter. To clarify exactly what I'm trying to do here's a PNG image to see what I have. I guess I'm not understanding some other steps you're taking. Saved as a svg and imported as a layer into Gimp. Of course the tool to use is something like vector editor Inkscape Lines with a carriage return (enter key). Go into the on-canvas text tool and pad out with spaces or break Use the text editor option to draw an empty text box to encompassģ. Text editor or if you want you can type into Gimp.ġ.
Have your text prepared and copied in some sort of Too difficult, get into filling complex shapes, outlines of animalsįor a simple shape. It is possible in Gimp but mightily tedious. Of course the tool to use is something like vector editor Inkscape which has a text-flow-into-frame tool. Go into the on-canvas text tool and pad out with spaces or break lines with a carriage return (enter key). Paste (or type) the text into the text editor. Use the text editor option to draw an empty text box to encompass the shape. Have your text prepared and copied in some sort of text editor or if you want you can type into Gimp.ġ. Simple regular shapes not too difficult, get into filling complex shapes, outlines of animals etc and it becomes a PITA.įor a simple shape. I'm wanting to do is a shape like an upside down capital L Hit reply, you do see it in the quoted text in the correct shape. The shape I made with the XX's doesn't show up correctly, yet if you
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