Jagged edges on Text

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:31 am **(#1)**

GIMP Version: 2.8.10
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: 10
GIMP Experience: New User

When creating a logo in the create - text circle I get jagged edges even though antialising is on. How do I remove them after? I tried blurring and the whole text got blurred, not just the outside.

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:09 am **(#2)**

sallyanne wrote:

GIMP Version: 2.8.10
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: 10
GIMP Experience: New User

When creating a logo in the create - text circle I get jagged edges even though antialising is on. How do I remove them after? I tried blurring and the whole text got blurred, not just the outside.

I'm trying to reproduce this, but can't. Some fonts work better then other.
Maybe you can show the setting you're using. Then I could go through the steps it would take, to get rid of the jagged edges of the font you used.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:51 pm **(#3)**

What I did Wallace was

First of all I used create - logo text circle
Radius 500
Start -20, Fill 220 and font size 250
10 letters - I used 'unwrapping'
font - Ribbon Trim http://www.dafont.com/ribbon-trim.font

Then I did a 90 degrees anti-clockwise turn. Alpha to selection the text. Selection to path. Stroke path 6px
I need to make it big because it will be made quite large as well as small.

Am I not making it big enough???

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:37 pm **(#4)**

Think I fixed the problem. - blur before stroking?
I also doubled radius and font size and it looks much better.

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:57 pm **(#5)**

sallyanne wrote:

Think I fixed the problem. - blur before stroking?
I also doubled radius and font size and it looks much better.

You're way ahead of me Sallyanne.
I was going to suggest what you already did. :hehe

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

That script made the unfortunate decision to work on layers and rotating layer blurs them. There are also some visible interpolation artifacts. Better use the usual text-along-path technique.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:14 pm **(#7)**

ofnuts wrote:

That script made the unfortunate decision to work on layers and rotating layer blurs them. There are also some visible interpolation artifacts. Better use the usual text-along-path technique.

I agree with Ofnuts, Text-Along-Path would be the cleanest way to create text along an arc or circle.
It's just a matter of creating the proper path or paths and sizing the text to fit within the path, or vise versa.

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Issabella · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:38 pm **(#8)**

Thanks Ofnuts for your indication to the best script for that particular outcome. Wallace you help a lot with the shot and your tip.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:33 pm **(#9)**

Issabella wrote:

Wallace you help a lot with the shot and your tip.

Thanks Issabella. :bigthup

Here's another tip when using Text Along Path.

In most cases, the path used for the text to follow, always distributes the text along the center of the path.

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Issabella · **Posted:** Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:08 am **(#10)**

Thanks Wallace

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:09 am **(#11)**

Issabella wrote:

Thanks Wallace

No problem Issabella.

What I was trying to say is, when using Text to Path.
The path usually goes through the center of the text.

I may have worded it differently,
but my screenshot makes this kind of obvious, I think. :puzzled

Issabella · **Posted:** Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:29 am **(#12)**

, understood.