GIMP tools - BDA

GIMP 128
Color – the font colour. Clicking on
calls the Text Colour window.
Note!
If you need to select the exact colour that is in the image, use the button
. The
mouse pointer turns into
give to the font.
and is set on the area, the colour of which you want to
Justify causes the text to be justified in a text field:
o Left justified
o Right justified
o Centered
o Filled
The three buttons below have the following functions:
o Indentation of the first line controls the indent spacing of
the first line from the left margin.
o Adjust line spacing controls the spacing between
successive lines of text. The setting shows not the space between lines,
but the change in the distance by default (in points). To reduce the
spacing by default, you should indicate the negative value of this setting.
o Adjust letter spacing controls the spacing between letters. If
the value is negative, letters overlap each other.
The Text along Path button creates the text along the path. This option requires
at least one path in the image.
The Path from Text button turns the text into a path.
TASK. Create text Amboseli NATIONAL Park KENYA in pan_6.jpg, where the font used
is Droid Serif, the font size is 18, and the font colour is black. Format the text.
1. Open pan_6.jpg.