the funny thing with GIMP is: even while its a very powerful tool, it still lacks a good texting tool until today :-)

and having the source available didnt help so far either :-))

RadiozRadioz 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For texting I recommend using a mobile phone or desktop instant messaging program. While it's not the case with all of them, graphics editing tools tend to have texting utilities as a second-class citizen at best

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postexitus 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can you detail what you mean by good texting tool? What features are missing?

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KellyCriterion 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

for the downvoters:

could you please show me a good textting tool plugin for GIMP, then?

you can check their forums & other sites: the textingtools is on top of their discussion lists?

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shakna 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't see it at the top of the discussion on the forums I checked.

So can you expand why you think the text tool, is bad?

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KellyCriterion 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Before release 3.0: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/gimp-3-0-will-the-text-tool-be-im...

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/1fecr6u/suggestion_im...

Its just the first two results from top of Google.

Maybe the tool was improved in version 3.0, I'm running an older 2.x version. I will check it next time.

The versions were difficult in: - font size applying - random loss / reset settings - there were some issues with the preview when editting - font preview before selection etc.

	▲	shakna 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Both of those are from over a year ago? For future, I wouldn't think that's "top" of any discussion. The strange font sizes and setting reset was mostly fixed as part of the 2020 massive refactor [0]. There are still some minor inconsistencies between the two font editor panels, but they're being worked on. Thankfully, you shouldn't have any random setting changes since about 2018 build. [0] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/344

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hiccuphippo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't understand what you mean by texting tool. Do you mean text rendering? kerning?

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ehnto 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Honestly, I think it was just the smiley faces. I didn't downvote.

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iwuefx 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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dist-epoch 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

FTFY: the funny thing with GIMP is: even while its a very powerful tool, it still lacks a good image editing tool until today

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panki27 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nothing stops you from creating a PR :-)))

	▲	KellyCriterion 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I would, if I would GIMP use often enough to have the motivation - I use GIMP maybe 2 - 3 times a year. And thats the irony covered in my post: Even that the source is available didnt motivate someone enough so far to create better version of the built
	▲	worldsavior 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Nothing stops you from commenting these useless comments.