Difference between revisions of "Text functionality in GIMP"
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== Quick plain text == | == Quick plain text == | ||
| + | *the full-functionality text-tool is not obligatory | ||
*simple annotations are supported | *simple annotations are supported | ||
| − | *can be inserted in | + | *can be inserted in an easy way |
== Effects == | == Effects == | ||
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*freely positionable on the canvas | *freely positionable on the canvas | ||
*text boxes of any shape | *text boxes of any shape | ||
| − | *(rectangular | + | *(rectangular) box fixed or dynamic |
*text along path | *text along path | ||
*transformation tools | *transformation tools | ||
| + | *combinations of above functions | ||
*?layout grid on text layer? | *?layout grid on text layer? | ||
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*baseline shift | *baseline shift | ||
*language | *language | ||
| + | exhaustive OpenType: e.g. ligatures, small caps, | ||
| − | + | *?glyph scaling | |
==== line level ==== | ==== line level ==== | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 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
- the full-functionality text-tool is not obligatory
- simple annotations are supported
- can be inserted in an easy way
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
- combinations of above functions
- ?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,
- ?glyph scaling
line level
- leading (Line Spacing)
- tracking
paragraph level
- Indent
- justifying
- inter-paragraph spacing
- text-flow
