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The Text tool places text into an image. When you click on an image
with this tool the Text Editor dialog is opened where you can type
your text.
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The Text Tool can be called in the following
order, from the image-menu:
<span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
<span class="guimenuitem">Te<span class="accel">x</span>t
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<b class="keycap">t</b>
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The <span><b class="keycap">t</b></span> key will change the active tool to the
Text Tool.
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<span class="term">Overview</span>
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The available tool options for the Texttool can be accessed by
double clicking the texttool icon.<span class="guiicon">
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<span class="term">Font</span>
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There are two ways of selecting fonts in the GIMP. The
first is from the image Dialogs/Fonts menu. The second is
with the Font selector in this tool. Both methods select
from the installed X fonts. When you select a font it is
interactively applied to your text.
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<span class="term">Size</span>
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<dd>
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This control sets the size of the font in any of several
selectable units.
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<span class="term">Hinting</span>
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<dd>
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Uses the indices of adjustment to modify the characters in order
to produce clear letters in small font sizes.
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<span class="term">Force Auto-Hinter</span>
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<dd>
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<span class="guilabel">Auto Hinter</span> tries to automatically compute
information for better representation of the character font.
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<span class="term">Antialiasing</span>
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Antialiasing will render the text with much smoother edges and
curves. This is achieved by slight blurring and merging of the
edges. This option can radically improve the visual appearance of
the rendered typeface. Caution should be exercised when using
antialiasing on images that are not in RGB color space.
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<span class="term">Color</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Color of the text that will be drawn next. Defaults to
black. Selectable from the color picker dialog box that
opens when the current color sample is clickes.
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<span class="term">Justify</span>
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Causes the text to be justified according to any of four
rules selectable from the associated icons.
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<span class="term">Indent</span>
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Controls the indent spacing from the left margin.
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<span class="term">Line Spacing</span>
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Controls the spacing between successive lines of text. This
setting is interactive: it appears at the same time in image
text.
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<span class="term">Create Path from Text</span>
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<dd>
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This tool creates a selection path from the selected text.
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<span class="term">Overview</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
This dialog window is opened when you click on the image with the
Text Tool. It's a still basic text editor that nevertheless allows
you to write on several lines. Word wrap is not possible - the
text layer lengthens gradually - and you have to press the
<span><b class="keycap">Enter</b></span> key to move to the next line.
</p>
<p>
The text you type appears interactively in the image, in a
rectangular selection that has its left upper corner on the pixel
you have clicked with the tool.
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<p>
You can correct the text you are writing and you can change the
text font with the Font Editor.
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You can move the text by using the Move Tool, but you loose the
Editor then. You can re-edit this text as you will see now.
</p>
<p>
As soon as you start writing, a Text layer is created in the Layer
Dialog. On an image with such a layer (the image you are working
on, or a .xcf image), you can resume text editing by activating
this text layer then clicking on it (double click).
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<p>
To add another text to your image click on a non-text layer: a new
Text Editor will appear and a new text layer will be created. To
pass from a text to another one activate the corresponding text
layer and click on it to activate the editor.
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<span class="term">Load Text from File</span>
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<dd>
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Text can be loaded from a text file by clicking the folder
icon in the text editor.
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<span class="term">Clear all Text</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Clicking this icon clears the editor and the associated text
on the image.
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<span class="term">From Left to Right</span>
</dt>
<dd>
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This option causes text to be entered from left to right, as
is the case with most Western languages and may Eastern
languages.
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<span class="term">From Right to Left</span>
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<dd>
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This option allows text to be entered from right to left, as
is the case with some Eastern languages, such as Arabic
(illustrated in the icon).
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