script request

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

I think it would be cool to have a Random Font script

To create something like this

Type a text of any arbitrary font and size.
Script chooses a different font from the system font directory for each letter in text layer.
Additional functions:
random size - % of the initial size
random color - based on chosen color palette
random rotation - 0-60 degrees

What do you guys think?

If you have the ability and willingness to write such a script it would be greatly appreciated.
Any other ideas to make it even more interesting script are welcome.
Thanks in advance

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Color could also be sampled at random in a gradient...

One problem you have is that the font list is likely encumbered with useless fonts for this (non-English fonts for most people reading this, English fonts in other parts of the world). You may need some way to list the fonts you allow ("Times*,Comic*,Arial*').

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

B&P plugin Word Art http://registry.gimp.org/node/24974

script could also be set to a directory with favorite fonts, I know a lot of folks here keep their fav fonts in .gimp2.8 folder.

Graechan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:35 pm **(#4)**

A couple of things that may help
for a random color use

Code: Select all

(set! random-color (car (gimp-palette-entry-get-color "Default" (random  (car (gimp-palette-get-colors  "Default"))))))

for a random font use

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(set! random-font (list-ref (cadr (gimp-fonts-get-list "")) (round (random (car (gimp-fonts-get-list ""))))))

still thinking about how to extract text one letter at a time :roll:

K1TesseraEna Are you sure your not putting together a 'Ransom Note' :rofl

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:10 am **(#5)**

This script is so Sex, even without pistols!

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Here's a test ,added stepped chisel

By the way,I can't remember which topic mentioned it,but chisel/carve does not work for me at all.

Issabella · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:29 pm **(#7)**

Pirate, good try, and good idea. But have you made the layout? It gives an idea about how it would be. :clap

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Issabella

Thank You..If you run the script and keep layers on,You can place the letters anywhere You want,if that's what You mean by layout.

Issabella · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:41 pm **(#9)**

Thank you so much for your explanation, I'll try it. I've checked the script chisel or carved and It runs ok for me. Do you select the text before running it?
:tyspin

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Issabella
Si Senora
Here's a snapshot of what I did,I hope it helps

Graechan · **Posted:** Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:29 pm **(#11)**

Pirate541 stepped chisel actually uses the chisel/carve code so chisel/carve should work for you

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Graechen

this is what I get,with or without alpha selection

Issabella · **Posted:** Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:49 am **(#13)**

Pirate, your screen capture helps a lot. Thank you so much. :tyspin

I hope you to solve your chisel / carve script, if not , remove the wrong it and download a right one.

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Issabella

I can't find where to reupload the script..unless it is under a different name.Did a search for chisel,carve..nothing came up

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Nice idea for a script, don't know if this helps....

When you start to enter text in gimp and you have the second text dialogue opens (The one located above your text box), you can highlight individual letters as you would in a word document and change all the settings from font, size colour etc.

The above example was created in just a minute.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

thanks he4rty, that's exactly how i did it in OP example but.... more letters means more time

Yesterday i found a font randomizing java script for Illustrator called Font Rythm which can do more than I can ask for.
I do all my topography stuff in vectors anyways.

Just thought it would be nice for gimp users who don't use vector editors to have it in gimp.
Oh well....
Thank you Graechan for your codes, I wish I could write scripts

saulgoode · **Posted:** Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:16 am **(#17)**

he4rty wrote:

Nice idea for a script, don't know if this helps....

When you start to enter text in gimp and you have the second text dialogue opens (The one located above your text box), you can highlight individual letters as you would in a word document and change all the settings from font, size colour etc.

There is currently no way for a script to change the text markup which supports text attributes for individual letters. Until such support is added to the PDB, the best a "random font" script could hope to achieve is a separate text layer (or path) for each character.

Issabella · **Posted:** Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:21 am **(#18)**

Sorry Pirate as I didn't see your question before, I send you what I have. I don't have in one only script but I think that they are. Then you will find it in Script-Fu - Effects Selection - Chisel or Carve. I hope it to be useful.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

saulgoode wrote:

There is currently no way for a script to change the text markup which supports text attributes for individual letters. Until such support is added to the PDB, the best a "random font" script could hope to achieve is a separate text layer (or path) for each character.

I see now, thanks for the explanation saul!

Graechan · **Posted:** Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:03 pm **(#20)**

Saulgoode I've been held up with one problem for this script
It's how to change a string "text" to a list (t e x t), this doesn't mean I've given up, maybe you can weave some of your magic with this :mrgreen:

Then I'm sure the rest of the 'Ransom Text' script will fall together