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What this guide covers
A documentary note for comic letterers and GIMP users on what the GIMP help source says about the Text tool and the Layer-menu commands for text layers, ending with an untested lettering checklist. Limit: the manual never mentions comics, and nothing was installed or drawn.
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Guide title
Lettering a comic page in GIMP: what the manual states about the Text tool and Layer-menu text commands
Coverage
A documentary note for comic letterers and GIMP users on what the GIMP help source says about the Text tool and the Layer-menu commands for text layers, ending with an untested lettering checklist. Limit: the manual never mentions comics, and nothing was installed or drawn.
Useful starting points
- Rasterizing a text layer discards its stored text information. The manual names undo and Revert Rasterize as the way back, so keep layers as text until the lettering is approved.
- Text along Path only appears when one text layer is selected and has no effect unless a path is available.
- A Dynamic text box can let text run out of the image. A Fixed box wraps at the box edge, but you must enlarge the box first.
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