Text along circle

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(10-09-2023, 08:01 PM)sl60 Wrote: I've been experimenting with this technique and ran into an issue. I want to place text along the circumference of an existing circle (a circular object as opposed to a Gimp-drawn circle). I create the circular text and Gimp places it inside the edge boundary of the object, so I used the Move Tool to position it on the outside edge of the rim. When I did this the text warped a bit. How to avoid this?

Should I have perhaps created a circle drawn by Gimp to layer over the outside rim of the circular object?

Thanks--here is an image of the warped text.

The text didn't warp... When you are inside the edge the curvature radius of the text is shorter/tighter. So when you move the text outside the boundary it appears too curved.

I have two scripts for you:

• ofn-path-to-shape with a Circumcircle function. This lets you create a circle path from three points you pick on an existing circle.
  
• ofn-text-along-path that bends a text along a path, but with many more options than the standard function, in particular to position the text on the path:
  • Laterally: Left, Right, Centered, Justified/Filled
    
  • Vertically: baseline, top of letters, middle of letters, etc...
    

The two scripts are here.

Example: