Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gimp
Hi,
Yesterday I tried to translate a comic to my language, and I found out
that doing it with the GIMP was less easy than I had expected. I had to
choose the right letter size for the text to fit inside the bubble, but
not look too small. I had to manage line breaks and put extra spaces at
the beginning of certain lines. All in all, it was more complex than it
should.
Is there a way that GIMP could handle this itself? Speech bubbles have a
very clean and definite area, so taking into account this area and the
text input, couldn't GIMP calculate the best text size and layout to fit
the bubble?
I was thinking something like this:
-You double-click the "Text" tool to get its options. There you find a "speech
bubble" checkbox, that you check.
-Then, your cursor acts as a mix between the text tool and the magic wand. You
click somewhere inside the bubble and GIMP recognises the whole area as a
speech bubble.
-You type the text, and GIMP arranges it to fit the area.
Maybe there could be a couple extra options, to occupate only 70 percent
of the area (in case you want to make text look smaller, for example) or
even set a specific font size, and let GIMP only take care of the
layout.
I don't know if it really makes sense or can be done at all, but it's
something that could come in handy to many people.
** Affects: gimp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Using GIMP to translate speech balloons
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