GIMP Version: 2.6.11
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: win xp
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

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gimp text rotate blur

i write text "AAAAAA" in size 10 px. and then i rotate -45 degree

my text "AAAAAA" are blur , how to rotate by not blur ?

If you try "Text Along Path" it should render without bluing. Small text can sometimes look blurred, unless it's a font that's designed for small text.
Here's my example of what I did. As you can see, by using "Text Along Path" the A's that are at a 45 degree angle are not blurred.

hey wallce, this is my first post. i c that peap hasn't thanked you yet. thanx

peap and edwoodt: welcome to gimp chat! i hope these won't be your last posts, ask anything you like here, there's usually nice people around here who can answer.

An alternative to Wallace's Text Along Path approach is to:

• Text To Path (right-click on the text layer's thumbnail preview to see the menu)
• Rotate the Path using the Toolbox's Rotate tool (set the tool options to transform the Path)
• "Select->From Path"
• Create a new layer and fill the selection with the foreground color.

Wallace's method is easier, but I've found that text along path occasionally gets "confused" and produces undesirable results.

wallace , where "Text Along Path" Menu ?

To expand a bit on Saulgoode's: The rotation of a bitmap always blurs it, because pixels are interpolated. And since text has sharp edges, the blur is very visible. The right way to avoid this is to obtain the "drawing instructions" for the text (these drawing instructions are called a "path", and are obtained by "text to path"), do whatever is necessary so that these instruction produce a rotated text (in other words, "rotate the path), and then draw the text using these rotated instructions (Select/From path, and bucket-fill), which creates a sharp text, rotated.

Right select Text layer in Layers dialog.
Text Management: Text Editing Context Menu

Here is one way to find it...

I made this video about how to do this.viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9960#p130158

Thank you ^^ Wallace

You got it.