[ solved] fonts's choice

level_0 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:55 am **(#1)**

GIMP Version: 2.10.12
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: New User

I have a lot of fancy fonts but they are unusable with "text along a path".
How to choose a font to have a correct result?

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

define: fancy
define: unusable (why ?)

Blighty II · **Joined:** Sep 23, 2016 **Posts:** 317

Could you attach one of the unusable fonts here. A free one, not a commercial one.

level_0 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:44 am **(#4)**

Konstantin wrote:

define: fancy
define: unusable (why ?)

Konstantin,I will put some examples because not done screenshots yet because not easy to explain with words

level_0 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:46 am **(#5)**

Blighty II wrote:

Could you attach one of the unusable fonts here. A free one, not a commercial one.

Blighty,I only have free fonts.
I'll put some in the day because now I'm going to leave

level_0 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:42 am **(#6)**

Some fonts:
yesteryear
https://fonts.google.com/?query=yesteryear
Luckiest Guy:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Luckiest+Guy
LainieDaySH:
https://fontzone.net/font-details/lainiedaysh
KG Shake it Off Popped
https://www.dafont.com/de/kg-shake-it-off.font
KG Who Tells Your Story:
https://www.dafont.com/fr/search.php?q= ... Your+Story
Ink Free:
https://www.cufonfonts.com/font/ink-free

and the results with a very simple path and vary the spacing of the letters does not improve:

Konstantin · **Joined:** Sep 20, 2016 **Posts:** 293

this is not expected behaviour and i don think its because of the font
do you have more than one path in your paths-tab ?

try making an elliptical selection, convert it into a path and put the text on the circle

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:25 am **(#8)**

Agree with Konstantin, Gimp 2.10.12 Windows10.
Used the Inkfree font.

Built-in Text along Path.

ofn-text-along-path.py

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2615

You really need the paths dialogue open to see what happens.

Example:

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Make some text (1) and an active path (2) The text along path produces a new path (3)

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Some new text (or the same as before) (4) The active path (5) is now the path created from the previous text-along-path (or probably from a Text-to-Path) and the new text is rendered on that path (6) In this case trying to use a 'A' and 'L'

You need to change the active path to something suitable.

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

Your weird results come from your using the text path as the "path". In Text-Along-Path, you use the current text layer, and give the "guide" path (no need to do text-to-path first).

level_0 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:34 am **(#11)**

I think I had to make a mistake as indicated by ofnuts and although having only one path in the paths tab, it had to stay in memory.
But now it's over

and thank you all.