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 | ||
| + | * right to left and top-down typing | ||
== 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 | ||
| − | *binding of graphical output to wording is broken | + | *binding of graphical output to the original wording is broken |
*the user decides on the order things are done (graphics first? -> placeholder text) | *the user decides on the order things are done (graphics first? -> placeholder text) | ||
| − | == | + | == Quick plain text == |
| − | *simple annotations are supported (annotation mode/1-click) | + | *simple annotations are supported |
| + | *can be inserted in a simple fashion (annotation mode/1-click) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Effects == | ||
*stroke text | *stroke text | ||
| + | *fill text | ||
| + | *all effects and filter can be applied on the text itself (see "Corrections") | ||
== Layout == | == Layout == | ||
Revision as of 11:38, 3 February 2012
Contents
Internationalization
- full support of all Unicode content
- support for all OpenType features
- multiple writing systems in the same text-box
- right to left and top-down typing
Corrections
- the text content is always accessible and editable
- all applied effects are kept
- binding of graphical output to the original wording is broken
- the user decides on the order things are done (graphics first? -> placeholder text)
Quick plain text
- simple annotations are supported
- can be inserted in a simple fashion (annotation mode/1-click)
Effects
- stroke text
- fill text
- all effects and filter can be applied on the text itself (see "Corrections")
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
