hi @ all!

I have a little question about text on a path.

If I make a circle and put a text on its path, then the head of the letters will point outside the circles center.

How can I make the letters of the text point to the middle of the circle/path??

thx for help!
best regards,
martin

martinz wrote:

How can I make the letters of the text point to the middle of the circle/path??

Change the sign of the fill angle to change the direction the letters will appear around the circle as well as whether they point towards the center of the circle or away from the center.

hi kevin!

you idea seems to be very good. but I cant find this fill angle control (I am pretty new to gimp). please give me a quick advise.

I have the path and then I type in a text. In the text menu I can change -font, -size,
-orientation (left, right, block, center) - hinting, auto, ...
- distance bitween letters, lines and space of 1st line - button to apply text to path (which I use!)

nothing more. so where can I change the fill angle? I also tried to make a text and mirror it vertically or horizontally. but then it seems to be not text anymore and I cant klick the "apply to path" button.

... thx for help!

p.s. sorry if my button/menu-ids are not the same than yours. I use the german version of gimp and just translated the meaning.

martinz wrote:

but I cant find this fill angle control (I am pretty new to gimp). please give me a quick advise.

I have the path and then I type in a text. In the text menu I can change -font, -size,
-orientation (left, right, block, center) - hinting, auto, ...
- distance bitween letters, lines and space of 1st line - button to apply text to path (which I use!)

I think you are looking at the wrong script when you listed the parameters.

The Text Circle script (Text im Kreis ...) has 7 parameters. The one to change is the fourth parameter (which is the third number) called Fill Angle (F"ullwinkel).

ahhhh. got it!
I used not the script but the path/text tool from the main tool-window.

thanks a lot!!