Marc from Noosa wrote
> If I select the Text tool, I then draw a box on the graphic where I am
> wanting the text. It doesn't matter if it's bigger than the intended text,
> and it's actually preferable if it is. At the same time, the small window
> comes up into which I input my text. To change the font, its size, it's
> colour, and its placement within the box (justification), I make the
> necessary selections at the bottom of the Toolbox window (beneath all the
> icons). As with Photoshop (well, Elements and 7 as far as I know), this
> actually becomes another layer, and I can also then still move it around
> to place it where I want it on the background with the Move tool (the icon
> in the Toolbox that looks like a cross with "arrows" on each end). I can
> also still edit the text further.
>
> Does this match what you see in The Gimp?
>
> (If you wish, and if you're not experiencing it as above and are too
> frustrated with positioning it so, I would be happy to create button
> for you to your requirements. That is, if you don't mind waiting - my
> midweeks are less busy than my weekends)
>
> Cheers,
> Marc
Thanks for the offer Marc. But I'm pretty-well done with making buttons now,
and if I have real concerns about bad text placement, I'll in future make the
button taller, and crop to suit after writing on it/them.
Brian Swale.
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