Paths writing script or plugin

dinasset · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:30 am **(#1)**

Ofnuts is the "guru" for managing paths; if he reads your post, he will have for sure the right answer for you (otherwise send him a PM)

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

As far as my experience goes you get only one path per text. Of course this is the outline of the text. Gimp used to support "engraving" fonts (where there are unique, non closed strokes, so 'A' for instance is made of just 3 straight lines segments, and 'O' is just a single circle) but this was dropped in 2.8.

jazzon · **Posted:** Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:50 am **(#3)**

There was a script in older versions of gimp called FreeType. It was not simple to install on windows based systems as I recall, as custom compiling was needed. This Page contains a link to windows compiled version.

For all you *nix'ers out there, the source is available here.

I am currently running this on a LinuxMint 17.1 x64 with Gimp 2.8.16, so it still works.

When used it gives the option of making a multiple outline of bezier paths or simply filling the space between the paths.

The multiple paths you are seeing MIGHT be a result of how the font is defined. Fonts can be written so as to be a stroked single line, or a filled space between two lines. I know the second form is called an "outline" font, but I'm not sure about the other. I only toy with fonts occasionally, and am NO expert on the issue.

NOTE: Outline Font referes not to whether or not it displays an outline, but how the font is designed internally. Any font author can NAME a font using the word outline, but that is not what I am refferring to here.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16158

jazzon wrote:

There was a script in older versions of gimp called FreeType. It was not simple to install on windows based systems as I recall, as custom compiling was needed. This Page contains a link to windows compiled version.

For all you *nix'ers out there, the source is available here.

I am currently running this on a LinuxMint 17.1 x64 with Gimp 2.8.16, so it still works.

When used it gives the option of making a multiple outline of bezier paths or simply filling the space between the paths.

The multiple paths you are seeing MIGHT be a result of how the font is defined. Fonts can be written so as to be a stroked single line, or a filled space between two lines. I know the second form is called an "outline" font, but I'm not sure about the other. I only toy with fonts occasionally, and am NO expert on the issue.

NOTE: Outline Font referes not to whether or not it displays an outline, but how the font is designed internally. Any font author can NAME a font using the word outline, but that is not what I am refferring to here.

I do still have the plug-in working in GIMP-2.8.16 64 bit.

find it here
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