11-17-2017, 08:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-17-2017, 08:50 AM by rich2005.
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That is why it was there as an example 
I did print a sheet off and the dotted letters are faint.
Avoid tampering with the text layer unless you have the font installed. If the font is not found, then any operation on the text layer and it reverts to a default font.
1. Make a new layer from the two. With the text layer active Layer menu -> New from visible. screenshot https://i.imgur.com/nTAPLcD.jpg
2. With that new layer active, use the colour select tool
, bump the threshold up to around approx. the 80 mark. Click in the canvas on a black area to select all the black. You should have those 'crawling ants' showing. https://i.imgur.com/hXYobpL.jpg
3. In the select menu there is a grow selection option. Click on that and set the dialogue to 1 or 2 and ok it. https://i.imgur.com/nNYFjrN.jpg
4. Fill the selection with black. You can click in the black swatch and drag into the canvas. https://i.imgur.com/1sxgxZx.jpg
To finish off Select -> None to kill the selection.
(As an after note and before anyone jumps in and says; use Filters -> Generic -> Erode, that does not work very well with this image)
I did print a sheet off and the dotted letters are faint.Avoid tampering with the text layer unless you have the font installed. If the font is not found, then any operation on the text layer and it reverts to a default font.
1. Make a new layer from the two. With the text layer active Layer menu -> New from visible. screenshot https://i.imgur.com/nTAPLcD.jpg
2. With that new layer active, use the colour select tool
, bump the threshold up to around approx. the 80 mark. Click in the canvas on a black area to select all the black. You should have those 'crawling ants' showing. https://i.imgur.com/hXYobpL.jpg3. In the select menu there is a grow selection option. Click on that and set the dialogue to 1 or 2 and ok it. https://i.imgur.com/nNYFjrN.jpg
4. Fill the selection with black. You can click in the black swatch and drag into the canvas. https://i.imgur.com/1sxgxZx.jpg
To finish off Select -> None to kill the selection.
(As an after note and before anyone jumps in and says; use Filters -> Generic -> Erode, that does not work very well with this image)