Difference between revisions of "Text functionality in GIMP"
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* support for all OpenType features | * support for all OpenType features | ||
* multiple writing systems in the same text-box | * multiple writing systems in the same text-box | ||
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== Corrections == | == Corrections == | ||
*the text content is always accessible and editable | *the text content is always accessible and editable | ||
| − | *all applied effects are kept ( | + | *all applied effects are kept |
| − | + | *connection between wording and graphical output is broken | |
| + | *the user decides on the order things are done (graphics first? -> placeholder text) | ||
== Layout == | == Layout == | ||
| − | full control to the user | + | *full control to the user |
| + | *all this is done in the context of the overall work: | ||
| + | **the canvas | ||
| + | **the applied effects | ||
=== Positioning === | === Positioning === | ||
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=== Typography === | === Typography === | ||
| + | *fine grained-control | ||
*presets can be saved | *presets can be saved | ||
*manual access (M) to open type (OT) features: Glyph palette | *manual access (M) to open type (OT) features: Glyph palette | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 2 February 2012
Contents
Internationalization
- full support of all Unicode content
- support for all OpenType features
- multiple writing systems in the same text-box
Corrections
- the text content is always accessible and editable
- all applied effects are kept
- connection between wording and graphical output is broken
- the user decides on the order things are done (graphics first? -> placeholder text)
Layout
- full control to the user
- all this is done in the context of the overall work:
- the canvas
- the applied effects
Positioning
- freely positionable on the canvas
- text boxes of any shape
- (rectangular?) box fixed or dynamic
- text along path
- ?layout grid on text layer?
Typography
- fine grained-control
- presets can be saved
- manual access (M) to open type (OT) features: Glyph palette
Character level
- Font family
- Font style
- size
- Color
- Hinting
- Kerning (M+OT)
- faux bold
- faux italics
- underline
- through-line
- baseline shift
- language
exhaustive OpenType: e.g. ligatures, small caps,
line level
- leading (Line Spacing)
- tracking
paragraph level
- Indent
- justifying
- inter-paragraph spacing
- text-flow
Other
- simple annotations are supported
