On Sunday 01 November 2009 09:30:17 pm vr wrote: > > I'm working with scratchy looking fonts trying to give them something to > stand out. > > I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 then pick a font, select white > for the color, and set the font at around 34. Then using the scale tool I > stretch the text to fill more of the canvas space. Then I right click the > text layer and "alpha to selection". Then I select -> grow selection by 3. > Then I use the bucket tool to fill the 3 pixel region with black. > > My end result is a choppy unpleasant looking white logo with a black > border.
i'm not sure where your text gets choppy; i followed the instructions you outlined, and got a decent looking outlined text. of course, before using the bucket filler, i inserted a new layer underneath the text layer. yesterday i came across an article that describes how to produce nice looking glossy text; perhaps you find that useful: <http://www.linuxforu.com/teach-me/learn-image-manipulation-and-create-a- glassy-wallpaper-on-gimp/> -- phani. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
