The Text tool places text into an image. With GIMP-2.8, you can write your text directly on the canvas. No Text Editor is needed anymore (although you can still use it if you want by checking the Use editor option in the Tool Options dialog. A text toolbar has been added which allows you to edit text in different ways but you can still go on using the Text Option dialog, to change the font, color and size of your text, and justify it, interactively. Right clicking on the frame opens a context menu that allows you to copy, cut, paste, load a text...
As soon as you type your text, it appears on the canvas in a rectangular frame. If you draw the rectangular frame first, the text is automatically adapted to the frame size. You can enlarge this frame as you do with rectangular selections.
As soon as you type your text, it appears on the canvas in a rectangular frame. If you draw the rectangular frame first, the text is automatically adapted to the frame size. You can enlarge this frame as you do with rectangular selections.
You can access this tool in several ways:
At the bottom of the font selector you find some icons which act as buttons for:
- In the image menu through Tools → Text,
- by clicking the Font Tool icon in Toolbox,
- or by using the T keyboard shortcut
At the bottom of the font selector you find some icons which act as buttons for:
- resizing the font previews,
- selecting list view or grid view,
- opening the font dialog.
Those are the basics of GIMP text tool. Here is an example of some of the cool effects you can do with text.