oh I like this one, good for text animations also. Thank you trandoductin and MareroQ.

There is a compiled plugin guillotine_into_layers http://registry.gimp.org/node/19886

That would get you part of the way. I only have a linux version so maybe someone has a Windows binary.

Still have to name the layers though.

edit: You could try here http://www.geocities.jp/gimproject1/plu ... to-layers/ which I believe is the (long gone) one from samj. Do not know if 32 or 64 bit.

That sound like it could work, but I was thinking of maybe an Alpha Selection of the original image.
Then a cut and past each selection to it's own layer.

There was some sprite extraction script thing where it would look at the alpha and consider it separation and would extract each continous shape out in to its own layers automatically but i forgot what it was called exactly.

I think i might have found it this link will take you there

just scripted a copy of Custom_Font except this script takes layers named such as
element1.png
element2.png
element3.png
and then it asks for how many elements you have defined in this case 3.
and then it also asks for grid size to use (how far apart the elements are placed)
And then it tries to compose the characters using random element layers.
Except instead of composing your text it just composes the characters of your text on top of each other (which can then be used as an .xcf to run the custom_font.scm on).

Okay so I used MareroQ's script to generate all the characters in black (plus i also added some missing characters and the W and the w as those were missing in the default text).
Then I added 3 layers and named them
element1.png
element2.png
element3.png
then i ran this script

It's under Script-Fu/Create New/Custom Font Composition...
and I entered all the characters to be generated
It takes a while so I left the computer and let it run.
and came back
And I got my new image with layers on top of each other (If you chose the default merge layers) just Control-Z to undo and you'll get all the separate layers back.
Then I use this as my .xcf font file.
Now I can run custom_font.scm on it.
And the result is something like this.


I ran custom_font_composition.scm on this .xcf (entering all characters)


Then it generated this .xcf (that I can control-Z if merged layers) for me to run custom_font.scm on

To what script? custom_font.scm?
And what does that do i am not sure about auto cropping since i only ever use select then crop.

I haven't had much luck, mostly because I'm not sure what it wants me to do.
I had a specific font in mind from here illustratorg.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-FONT-V3-298587681
It has all the letters in a transparent background but I get all different sizes when I cut them out and I'm concerned maybe the file size would be to large for a font, the download size is almost 21 MB.
Pipe Dream ?
What do you think ?

And there was I wondering where my Ws had gone

No, I mean for Auto Crop All Layers to be added to the Multiple Layer Actions.scm.



Look here... viewtopic.php?f=22&t=11158&p=150105&hilit=steampunk+font#p150001

For personal use only! by http://illustratorg.deviantart.com/art/ ... -298587681
I tried downloading but could not so i just used the image on deviant art it's decent quality.
(I used letter spacing 5 and line spacing of 10 here)

That font is already here on Gimp Chat... viewtopic.php?f=22&t=11158&p=150105&hilit=steampunk+font#p150001

but don't you need photofont to use it? so linux people can't use it or am i completely wrong?
or are you talking about the font's copyright? i am confused.

Just download the font image for the GC page and use it.

That one looks like some letters are smaller than others