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 Post subject: Custom Font Outer Glow for Gimp 2.10: Initial Release
PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:31 am  (#1) 
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This plug-in came about because I needed to add a thin glow around a set of custom font characters.

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Download and install it into your user plug-in folder.

Open up a custom font file and call up the filter from:

Filters>>Custom Font Tools>>Custom Font Outer Glow...

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 Post subject: Re: Custom Font Outer Glow for Gimp 2.10: Initial Release
PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:06 am  (#2) 
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Thank you, Skinnyhouse! As someone who loves typographical effects, your suite of font tools is a veritable playground for me!


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 Post subject: Re: Custom Font Outer Glow for Gimp 2.10: Initial Release
PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:28 am  (#3) 
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You're very welcome Chozo.

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 Post subject: Re: Custom Font Outer Glow for Gimp 2.10: Initial Release
PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 3:25 pm  (#4) 
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An example of using the distress glow option with an existing custom font.


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 Post subject: Re: Custom Font Outer Glow for Gimp 2.10: Initial Release
PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:22 am  (#5) 
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And another example of treating an existing font...

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