GIMP Version: 2.10.28
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: 10
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

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Any suggestions as to the best way to make letters skinnier/narrower (without reducing height), and without causing the edges to be blurred?
I tried creating the text then using the scale tool, but that results in soft edges.

I am thinking I can convert text to path, then scale the path, then fill the path.

But I am asking to see if anyone has any ideas as to an easier way to stretch text vertically....

Thanks,
Caleb

No. GIMP raster graphics editor program, not a vector program. You need to use a vector program like Inkscape. It's free and good.

Ofnut's Bend Path plugin can stretch text out vertically.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-p ... s/scripts/

Indeed if you want to transform text without blurring it, the best method by far is to convert it to a path, transform the path, then fill/stroke the resulting path.

In some simple cases, you can make the text thicker/thinner by take the text path, and stroking it with a line a few pixels wider on a layer above. Putting the layer in "Normal" mode makes the text thicker, and putting it in "Erase" mode makes the text thinner.

Paths are your friend. I used ofnuts bend path plugin to achieve this on two different sized texts.