Hello,

Is there a way to create a single-line fixed width text box in GIMP such that the text inside starts out at some desired size, but is automatically shrunk in size to fit the width of the box if the supplied text is too long.

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Is there a way to create a single-line fixed width text box in GIMP such that

the text inside starts out at some desired size, but is automatically shrunk in size to fit the width of the box if the supplied text is too long.

Anybody?

Just thinking out loud here - this is untested and possibly impossible...

Can you render it with a nice default point size, then scale the new layer to fit?

A more elegant approach - render with a default point size, measure the new layer - if the new layer is too large, re-render at a smaller point size - you can use the ratio if [target width]/[new text layer width] = [default point size]/[the point size you need to fit].

You may need to convert the text layer to a non-text layer to get actual measurements - not sure.

Again - just rambling here, but maybe it will be useful...

That's an interesting idea. It should work, right?