GEGL seems to offer some semblance of hope when it comes to text effects. I've accumulated hundreds of text effect scripts over the years it's almost impossible to remember them all and their locations. Looks like I'm going to need to create a background folder in my User folder to host background images just for this.

My contribution, all done in GEGL:

Cool Mahvin
Saw your other one in your thread Glad you put one of them here.

I am studying how to get new text effects in GEGL.

Just playing with my Faux3D script to add options to generate 3d characters for an individual word (as opposed to adding a 3d effect to a whole custom font) in a new image. This is an early play - lots of work to do since the placement is all done by hand - but it has promise.



And with the effect in the opposite direction.

Cool 3-D effect Skinnyhouse. Been playing with the rusted script, so might as well post something rusty.

I made my own rust pattern and consequently my own rust effect.

A jolly good result Racer.

One step closer - straight out of the filter - only addition is the background layer.

Impressive, Skinnyhouse.

Thanks Mahvin
Love the lettering Sallyanne

Too much partying on this side of the pond for Gimp play but here is another step with the plug-in to try and use perspective effect in the vertical. Straight out of the box apart from the background layer.

Thank you Skinny.
Yours is not all that bad either

All great examples by everyone involved. I'm liking the interest picking up in text styles.

I am very curious how you made this?

doing a gegl study.

There are some very promising GEGL text effects appearing on GimpChat. Oh for Gimp 3 to see how it is implemented!

In the meantime...
... still plugging away with this Faux3D perspective word thing.

Below two words made straight out of the filter, from an existing custom font, and copied into a new image.
I have (after throwing some code out of the window four times now) horizontal and vertical word routines for one of the 3D styles - but only for words with an odd number of characters - so far.

I like it!

cool!

Thanks Angela & Mahvin

Moving on to the other Faux3d style (scaled) to display a text string...

Results without any post editing - apart from adding a gradient background!

All characters with the same amount of depth applied.



And using increasing incremental scaling (needs some more work on the scaling):