Comments on 'How to Outline Text' at Gimpology.com

On October 1, 2011, askita said...

Thanks so much for this! I'm super happy with it!

On September 27, 2011, A said...

Thanks, very simple and worked. You are AWESOME :)

On November 23, 2010, A said...

Thank you! Great "How to". Also trick with "stroke path" works as well (mentioned in commend by relsqui).

On October 21, 2010, A said...

I'm running AutoCAD 2010 and in trying to follow these directions my boxes and tool files are not same.
Do you have a process for the latest version of AutoCAD?

On April 29, 2010, A said...

@CandyKane try out this tut: http://gimpology.com/submission/view/super_glowy_rainbow_text_effect/

On April 29, 2010, A said...

@goodtimesathome go to Windows -> Dockable Dialogs -> Tool Options

@CandyKane try drop shadow with no offset in your favorite neon color :)

On December 6, 2009, A said...

great tutorial now if i can do it in neon colors :)

On September 14, 2009, A said...

thanks for the tutorial. i accidentally closed a window and now can't seem to be able to find it. The image under step 3 above is the screen i've managed to make disappear. It is the one with the different font options and the 'create path from text' button. how can i get that back? thanks!!

On September 11, 2009, A said...

Fabulous tut! This worked flawlessly save for one issue I had with v:2.6.6. For the record, I'm not sure if it's something with the version or if perhaps I'm missing something but what's happening is the layer remains above the text after choosing "select>none". A simple solution however was to select the text the layer belongs to then go to Layer > Stack > Raise Layer. The pathing may vary for different versions of the software.

Thanks again for the tut!

On August 15, 2009, A said...

I just finished trying both methods. And perhaps it was the font I was using, but I got slightly different results. The original method looks nicer to me by placing the outline behind the original text. The 4-step method creates an effect over the text. It looks interesting and will have applications for some people, but it didn't give me what I was looking for.

On April 12, 2009, A said...

After you create the path from text, go to the paths window, right-click the text outline, and select "stroke path." Done in four steps.

On January 27, 2009, A said...

Since nobody else has thought to ask the obvious question, I will.

How would you do it then? Why not enlighten us?

On November 21, 2007, A said...

Are you serious?
6 steps to outline text?

On August 15, 2007, A said...

thanks ive been trying to find out how to outline