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Author: | Skinnyhouse [ Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | FontSlab Tabbed Guide Part 3: Rotating Characters |
Attachment: Angles_Logo.png [ 217.32 KiB | Viewed 2386 times ] FontSlab also has options for adding rotation to characters along a user path. There is a pdf version of this guide Attachment: and a zipped Resources folder to accompany this guide which includes: Kerfuffle_Interlock_letters_only custom font file straight path path file Horseshoe path path file Attachment: Unpack the resources folder and save it to your preferred location. The path files should be imported to the images (I used a new image size of 1000x800) you create for this project. Fire up the Gimp and add the straight path to your image either by using the path tool or by importing the relevant path file from the path tool dock. Call up the FontSlab dialog: Filters>>Custom Font Tools>>FontSlab v0.14-tab |
Author: | Skinnyhouse [ Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FontSlab Tabbed Guide Part 3: Rotating Characters |
First create some text to increase in size along the path without any character rotation. Set the initial ‘Font size’ value – mine are shown in brackets (60). Choose the custom font to use – navigate to the location on your machine. Set the ‘Text step size’ (8.0) Hit ‘OK’. Attachment: Slide_1_tab_Rotation.jpg [ 330.88 KiB | Viewed 2384 times ] Now to add some rotation to the characters to keep the characters horizontally positioned on the path. Reshow the FontSlab dialog and, keeping the earlier settings, do the following: Set the ‘Rotate letters’ to ‘Yes’ Keep the ‘Angle of rotation’ as 0 degrees. Hit ‘OK’. Attachment: Slide_2_tab_Rotation.jpg [ 232.64 KiB | Viewed 2384 times ] If you find that the letters overlap too much, you can always adjust the spacing with the relevant spacing option. Adjust the angle size to add an element of edginess to the text: Increased the ‘Angle of rotation’ value (22). Attachment: Slide_3_tab_Rotation.jpg [ 225.65 KiB | Viewed 2384 times ] |
Author: | Skinnyhouse [ Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FontSlab Tabbed Guide Part 3: Rotating Characters |
Or use the ‘Jitter’ option to add randomness and informality. Set the ‘Angle of rotation’ value (0). Set the ‘Jitter range’ value (10). A value of 10 will randomly pick a value for the angle of between +/- 10 around the angle of rotation used. This feature was used for the ‘ROTATION’ logo in the corner. Attachment: Slide_4_tab_Rotation.jpg [ 232.45 KiB | Viewed 2384 times ] |
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