GIMP Version: 2.8.12
Operating System: Linux
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
ofn-path-edits

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I can get text to follow a path but I can not specify the exact place it needs to start from and niether can I move it to this point. For example, in the following image: http : // prnt.sc / djpie7

I want the phrase to start where the yellow arrow is pointing, not at the bottom of the bulb. How do I do this?

PS because I am a new user I could not post the image and so I entered the URL with spaces in it.

You will have to break the path, so duplicate it first and work with the copy.

1. Use the path tool in edit mode and add a node at the start point. Check that the path tool has a little plus like this: http://imgur.com/uh1b2Uf

2. Still in path edit mode, hold down both ctrl + shift, move to the path between nodes, check that the tool has a little minus sign against it like this: http://imgur.com/fRdQ1e5

3. The path should break like this: http://imgur.com/1K8Iglk

4. Apply text-along-path. http://imgur.com/jctOVvj

Suggest spacing your text out a little and maybe working with a larger image.

Won't creating the path STARTING at the yellow arrow point location work?

Time to add a plug for my text-along-path script which will:
-allow you to center the text on the path
-avoid letter distortions (see the "H" of "THINK")

However, whether you use the script or the standard functionality, things don't look too good when the curvature radius is less that 5 times the height of the letters.

Thanks this works great but I am having a few issues

I have the following path. The note I added was the top one.
http: //imgur. com/5dozGeH

When I select "Text along path" the following happens
http: //imgur. com/X7vLu88

The text does not start from the top and go down clockwise as it should.

The end of the word seems to bunch in the top left-hand corner of the screen.

Where am I going wrong?

Was that answered? That is governed by the direction of the path. You could redraw the path in the opposite direction or there are plug-ins to reverse the direction of the path.

http://imgur.com/yie7NV0

I was looking for ofnuts script and see the combined tool, top of the list new from about 5 days ago.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-p ... s/scripts/ ofn-path-edits.zip
Unzip it, the ofn-path-edits.py file is already set to executable for linux, pop it into your Gimp profile ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins
Some documentation in the zip as well, keep that for reference.


As in other post, the text is too long for the path. A choice, redo the path a bit longer or more obvious, reduce the size of the font.

Hi all, yes thanks, both messages helped. I have not got it sorted.

Ofnuts,

Does this still work? I loaded this into 2 different Gimp 2.8 programs, one on Windows, one on Linux and it doesn't work. I put the .py script into the plugins folder. Restarted my machine, but I don't get any extra options when I right click in the paths tab.

Am I missing something?

Yes AFAIK. On Linux you have to make it executable (and of course on both machines it goes in the "plug-ins" subdirectory, not the "scripts" ones).

Ofnuts "Text along path" filter works for me still. =)
GIMP-2.8.20 64 bit Windows.



Right click paths layer - Tools>Text along path

Yeah, I got it working. Human error.

Thanks for doing this. This tool is awesome!

Check out the rest of Ofnuts path scripts. They are all pretty amazing. =)

With Ofnuts path scripts I hardly ever use Illustrator any more. I use guides for alignment and centering for mirroring.