: How to curve text in an arc using gimp I have a small tea company and I'm trying to redesign our logo. What I would like is for the text to bend in a arc, as if on a coin. I would
I have a small tea company and I'm trying to redesign our logo.
What I would like is for the text to bend in a arc, as if on a coin.
I would like to render the text as if it's "backbone" were shaped in the following way:
Or even a "softer" (i.e. slightly flatter) arc.
Towards this end I've watched some tutorials online- I point them out below.
This tutorial is the most useful resource I've found thus far.
Also this one, and this video.
The general consensus is to use
Filters > Distorts > Curve Bend
but this makes the text very "fat" in the center and small on the sides.
People also mention
Map > Map Object >
But there isn't an arc, only a circle or a cylinder and these options also horribly distort the text.
Is there a good way, using Gimp, to render my text in a nice gentle arc- for instance to fit the ellipse I linked to from my site, or even a sharper arc, as if on a coin?
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If your text is a text layer ('A' preview icon), then:
Make a Path that follows the arc,
Use Layer>Text along path (this menu is only available on text layers).
This creates another path, which is your text following the arc path. Y
Select>From path to create a selection from this
Bucket-fill the selection.
Slightly complex, but the result is much sharper than with other methods
However, this function has two drawbacks:
The text is left-justified on the path when you usually want it
centered
Characters are slightly distorted
There is a script that gives much more options for formatting/positioning and uses a different method to create the characters to avoid distortion. This script is here.
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