Font scaling looks choppy

[VR-8]

I'm working with scratchy looking fonts trying to give them something to
stand out.

I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 then pick a font, select white
for the color, and set the font at around 34. Then using the scale tool I
stretch the text to fill more of the canvas space. Then I right click the
text layer and "alpha to selection". Then I select -> grow selection by 3.
Then I use the bucket tool to fill the 3 pixel region with black.

My end result is a choppy unpleasant looking white logo with a black
border.

Is there a better technique to use to get a smoother, cleaner finished
look?
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[phani00]

On Sunday 01 November 2009 09:30:17 pm vr wrote:

>
> I'm working with scratchy looking fonts trying to give them something to
> stand out.
>
> I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 then pick a font, select white
> for the color, and set the font at around 34. Then using the scale tool I
> stretch the text to fill more of the canvas space. Then I right click the
> text layer and "alpha to selection". Then I select -> grow selection by 3.
> Then I use the bucket tool to fill the 3 pixel region with black.
>
> My end result is a choppy unpleasant looking white logo with a black
> border.

i'm not sure where your text gets choppy; i followed the instructions you
outlined, and got a decent looking outlined text. of course, before using
the bucket filler, i inserted a new layer underneath the text layer.

yesterday i came across an article that describes how to produce nice
looking glossy text; perhaps you find that useful:
<http://www.linuxforu.com/teach-me/learn-image-manipulation-and-create-a-
glassy-wallpaper-on-gimp/>

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[VR-8]

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:18:27 +0530, phanisvara das
wrote:
> On Sunday 01 November 2009 09:30:17 pm vr wrote:
>>
>> I'm working with scratchy looking fonts trying to give them something
to
>> stand out.
>>
>> I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 then pick a font, select
white
>> for the color, and set the font at around 34. Then using the scale tool
I
>> stretch the text to fill more of the canvas space. Then I right click
the
>> text layer and "alpha to selection". Then I select -> grow selection by
>> 3.
>> Then I use the bucket tool to fill the 3 pixel region with black.
>>
>> My end result is a choppy unpleasant looking white logo with a black
>> border.
>
> i'm not sure where your text gets choppy; i followed the instructions
you
> outlined, and got a decent looking outlined text. of course, before
using
> the bucket filler, i inserted a new layer underneath the text layer.
>
> yesterday i came across an article that describes how to produce nice
> looking glossy text; perhaps you find that useful:
>
<http://www.linuxforu.com/teach-me/learn-image-manipulation-and-create-a-
> glassy-wallpaper-on-gimp/>
>
> --
> phani.

I've been retracing my steps trying different things all morning and it
seems (for me) the inner white text gets choppy when scaled to fill the
canvas every time. I tried creating the image great big to scale it down
but it does the same thing. I also tried the sharpen filter up to 99% but
no luck. With my limited experience I can't think of a way around this yet.

Thank you for the link, I will check it out.
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[phani00]

On Sunday 01 November 2009 10:37:33 pm vr wrote:
> I've been retracing my steps trying different things all morning and it
> seems (for me) the inner white text gets choppy when scaled to fill the
> canvas every time.

that probably means that you converted the text layer. as long as it remains
a text layer, you can scale it without quality loss. once it gets
rasterized, by merging the layer down to the next one per example, scaling
will create fuzzy edges, etc.

make sure that you don't change the text layer to anything else until all
your scaling and re-sizing has been done.

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[phani00]

On Sunday 01 November 2009 09:30:17 pm vr wrote:
> I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 then pick a font, select white
> for the color, and set the font at around 34. Then using the scale tool I
> stretch the text to fill more of the canvas space. Then I right click the
> text layer and "alpha to selection". Then I select -> grow selection by 3.
> Then I use the bucket tool to fill the 3 pixel region with black.

wait a sec--what i wrote earlier isn't right. i tried your steps again, and
found that once you change the size of the text with the resize tool, the
resulting image isn't a vector image anymore, means it can't be scaled
without quality loss.

you'll have to adjust the text size by editing the font size in the toolbox.
then move the text layer to the exact position you want it. you can add
borders or whatever on additional layers beneath the text layer (or above
it, depending on what you want to do).

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[Sven Neumann]

On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 11:00 -0500, vr wrote:
> I'm working with scratchy looking fonts trying to give them something to
> stand out.
>
> I create a transparent canvas about 348x67 then pick a font, select white
> for the color, and set the font at around 34. Then using the scale tool I
> stretch the text to fill more of the canvas space. Then I right click the
> text layer and "alpha to selection". Then I select -> grow selection by 3.
> Then I use the bucket tool to fill the 3 pixel region with black.

It's better to adjust the font size of the text layer using the text
tool than to scale it. Adjusting the font size will cause text to be
re-rendered at the given size.


Sven


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