Difference between revisions of "Text functionality in GIMP"
From GIMP GUI Redesign
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*(rectangular?) box fixed or dynamic | *(rectangular?) box fixed or dynamic | ||
*text along path | *text along path | ||
+ | *transformation tools | ||
*?layout grid on text layer? | *?layout grid on text layer? | ||
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== Other == | == Other == | ||
*simple annotations are supported | *simple annotations are supported | ||
+ | *stroke text |
Revision as of 16:23, 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
- transformation tools
- ?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
- stroke text