Hi, I'm new to the list. And fairly new to Gimp. I wish to create a text logo and don't know how to get if formatted like I want. The text is 2 words using the Bremen Bd true type font style. What I'm trying to do is have the top of the text square blocked and the bottom curved. The logo would look like it's sitting on a half moon cresent. Does this make sense? Can anyone show me how to accomplish this in Gimp.

Many thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Kenny

I think this is what you want. Started off with screenshots but easier to make a video.

http://youtu.be/HlCEW8UOj4o about 3 mins

If it is, then get the Gimp script from

http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/repository/script-fu/wiki?name=sg-warp-text

Read the info there as well.

Remember, once rendered the text is no longer editable as text - it is a graphic.

Also worth thinking 'alternative' LibreOffice/OpenOffice/MSOffice all have a 'TextArt' function. Make it there, save as a graphic file (say, png), import into Gimp.

On 02/24/2012 07:30 AM, rich wrote:

I think this is what you want. Started off with screenshots but easier to make a video.

http://youtu.be/HlCEW8UOj4o about 3 mins

If it is, then get the Gimp script from

http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/repository/script-fu/wiki?name=sg-warp-text

Read the info there as well.

Remember, once rendered the text is no longer editable as text - it is a graphic.

Also worth thinking 'alternative' LibreOffice/OpenOffice/MSOffice all have a 'TextArt' function. Make it there, save as a graphic file (say, png), import into Gimp.

Hey y'all,

I know the request was for a way to do this in the GIMP, but I think I would use Inkscape for this specific task. Check out this illustration of Inkscape's envelope deformation tool: http://tavmjong.free.fr/SVG/TEXT_PATH/TextPath.html

There are a couple of reasons for preferring a vector editor here: The font you are starting out with is a vector based image and converting it to a pixel map before deforming it will inevitably give lower resolution. Also, if you are creating a logo for commercial use, your finished image may eventually be a source file for use on everything from matchbooks and keychains to truck wraps and billboards, not to mention labels, packaging, laser etching, etc. So you need an image that can be scaled to any size without loss of resolution and imported by CAD/CAM applications or exported as a "normal" image when required. It is also helpful if your logo can be made with a palette that permits it to be printed using spot colors rather than a 4-color process. That would be a vector based image and the SVG format is one of the safer bets.

:o)

Steve

On 02/24/2012 07:56 AM, Steve Kinney wrote:

Check out this illustration of Inkscape's envelope deformation tool: http://tavmjong.free.fr/SVG/TEXT_PATH/TextPath.html

Wouldn't ya know, the example I picked out does not mention that the tool in question is located at Path > Path Effects Editor in the main Inkscape menu. This may not give perfect results in one shot, but you can drag nodes to adjust the exact outlines of your letters if/as required.

:o)