The zipped folder contains the plugin and its associated fonts.
Download and install the plugin to your plugin folder. Install the fonts in your gimp fonts folder.
The filter can be accessed from Filters>>TextFX>>Joined-Up Text...

This is a functional update to the filter for Gimp 2.8 - there are no new features.
Changes include:
Further kerning for capital letters to lower case letters
New characters added to fonts
Text truncated at the end of the new path - to avoid creating junk overspill with over-long text entries

The improved kerning can be seen in the example below. The first line of text shows the old effect after the letters P and T. The second line shows the improved new effect.



The new characters included in the fonts:



Here are the links to solutions for using long dialog boxes, like this, with python plugins:

Link to post detailing JAZZON's solutions for scrolling py script user interface. Post #1:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13714

and a link to Bytes and Pixels solution via Rod. Post #10:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14502&p=200197&hilit=scroll+python+interface#p200197

Hi There,
suggestion: copyright symbol i.e., 'c' inside a circle.
Thanks

Rashid:
Here is a fuller example of the glyphs, outside the normal range of characters, added to the joined-up fonts. Gimp 2.8 doesn't provide an easy method of adding such characters to your text - so cut and paste is required. Copyright, Registered and Pound signs were added in quite an early version number -but it was easy not to realise that they were there.

Thank you for the update Skinnyhouse.

Thanks. Copied the glyph in FontForge; pasted in Gimp and 3D extrusion.