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  19.           <th colspan="3" align="center">3.6.5.┬áTexttool</th>
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  32.           <div>
  33.             <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-tool-text"></a>3.6.5.┬áTexttool</h4>
  34.           </div>
  35.         </div>
  36.         <div></div>
  37.       </div>
  38.       <a id="id2959159" class="indexterm"></a>
  39.       <div class="mediaobject">
  40.         <img src="../images/toolbox/toolbox-text.png" />
  41.       </div>
  42.       <p>
  43.     The Text tool places rendered text as a new selection. Prior to
  44.     clicking on the image, the standard GTK font chooser will be displayed.
  45.     The font that will be used for rendering can be selected from this
  46.     dialog.
  47.   </p>
  48.       <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  49.         <div class="titlepage">
  50.           <div>
  51.             <div>
  52.               <h5 class="title"><a id="id2959192"></a>Activate Tool</h5>
  53.             </div>
  54.           </div>
  55.           <div></div>
  56.         </div>
  57.         <div class="itemizedlist">
  58.           <ul type="disc">
  59.             <li>
  60.               <p>
  61.           The Text Tool can be called in the following
  62.           order, from the image-menu:
  63.           <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
  64.           <span class="guimenuitem">Te<span class="accel">x</span>t
  65.           </span>. 
  66.         </p>
  67.             </li>
  68.             <li>
  69.               <p>
  70.           The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
  71.           <span class="guiicon">
  72.             <img src="../images/toolbox/text.png" />
  73.           </span>
  74.         </p>
  75.             </li>
  76.           </ul>
  77.         </div>
  78.       </div>
  79.       <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  80.         <div class="titlepage">
  81.           <div>
  82.             <div>
  83.               <h5 class="title"><a id="id2959245"></a>Key modifiers (Defaults)</h5>
  84.             </div>
  85.           </div>
  86.           <div></div>
  87.         </div>
  88.         <div class="variablelist">
  89.           <dl>
  90.             <dt>
  91.               <span class="term">
  92.                 <span>
  93.                   <b class="keycap">t</b>
  94.                 </span>
  95.               </span>
  96.             </dt>
  97.             <dd>
  98.               <p>
  99.             The <span><b class="keycap">t</b></span> key  will change the active tool to the
  100.             Text Tool.
  101.           </p>
  102.             </dd>
  103.           </dl>
  104.         </div>
  105.       </div>
  106.       <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  107.         <div class="titlepage">
  108.           <div></div>
  109.           <div></div>
  110.         </div>
  111.         <div class="variablelist">
  112.           <p class="title">
  113.             <b>Options</b>
  114.           </p>
  115.           <dl>
  116.             <dt>
  117.               <span class="term">Overview</span>
  118.             </dt>
  119.             <dd>
  120.               <p>
  121.           The available tool options for the Texttool can be accessed by
  122.           double clicking the texttool icon.<span class="guiicon"> <img src="../images/toolbox/text.png" />
  123.           </span>
  124.         </p>
  125.             </dd>
  126.             <dt>
  127.               <span class="term">Font</span>
  128.             </dt>
  129.             <dd>
  130.               <p>
  131.           There are two ways of selecting fonts in the GIMP.  The
  132.           first is from the image Dialogs/Fonts menu.  The second is
  133.           with the Font selector in this tool.  Both methods select
  134.           from the installed X fonts.
  135.         </p>
  136.             </dd>
  137.             <dt>
  138.               <span class="term">Size</span>
  139.             </dt>
  140.             <dd>
  141.               <p>
  142.           This control sets the size of the font in any of several
  143.           selectable units.
  144.         </p>
  145.             </dd>
  146.             <dt>
  147.               <span class="term">Hinting</span>
  148.             </dt>
  149.             <dd>
  150.               <p>
  151.           Uses the indices of adjustment 
  152.           to modify the characters in order to produce clear letters
  153.           in small font sizes.
  154.         </p>
  155.             </dd>
  156.             <dt>
  157.               <span class="term">Force Auto-Hinter</span>
  158.             </dt>
  159.             <dd>
  160.               <p>
  161.           <span class="guilabel">Auto Hinter</span> tries to automatically compute
  162.           information for better representation of the character font.
  163.         </p>
  164.             </dd>
  165.             <dt>
  166.               <span class="term">Antialiasing</span>
  167.             </dt>
  168.             <dd>
  169.               <p>
  170.           Antialiasing will render the text with much smoother edges and
  171.           curves. This is achieved by slight blurring and merging of the
  172.           edges. This option can radically improve the visual appearance of
  173.           the rendered typeface. Caution should be exercised when using
  174.           antialiasing on images that are not in RGB color space. 
  175.         </p>
  176.             </dd>
  177.             <dt>
  178.               <span class="term">Color</span>
  179.             </dt>
  180.             <dd>
  181.               <p>
  182.           Color of the text that will be drawn next.  Defaults to
  183.           black.  Selectable from the color picker dialog box that
  184.           opens when the current color sample is clickes.
  185.         </p>
  186.             </dd>
  187.             <dt>
  188.               <span class="term">Justify</span>
  189.             </dt>
  190.             <dd>
  191.               <p>
  192.           Causes the text to be justified according to any of four
  193.           rules selectable from the associated icons.
  194.         </p>
  195.             </dd>
  196.             <dt>
  197.               <span class="term">Indent</span>
  198.             </dt>
  199.             <dd>
  200.               <p>
  201.           Controls the indent spacing from the left margin.
  202.         </p>
  203.             </dd>
  204.             <dt>
  205.               <span class="term">Line Spacing</span>
  206.             </dt>
  207.             <dd>
  208.               <p>
  209.           Controls the spacing between successive lines of text.
  210.         </p>
  211.             </dd>
  212.             <dt>
  213.               <span class="term">Create Path from Text</span>
  214.             </dt>
  215.             <dd>
  216.               <p>
  217.           This tool creates a selection path from the selected text.
  218.         </p>
  219.             </dd>
  220.           </dl>
  221.         </div>
  222.         <div class="variablelist">
  223.           <p class="title">
  224.             <b>Text Editor</b>
  225.           </p>
  226.           <dl>
  227.             <dt>
  228.               <span class="term">Overview</span>
  229.             </dt>
  230.             <dd>
  231.               <p>
  232.           GIMP text is maintained as an editable object.  Clicking in
  233.           an image's text area opens the text editor to allow editing
  234.           of text previously placed on the image.
  235.         </p>
  236.             </dd>
  237.             <dt>
  238.               <span class="term">Load Text from File</span>
  239.             </dt>
  240.             <dd>
  241.               <p>
  242.           Text can be loaded from a text file by clicking the folder
  243.           icon in the text editor.
  244.         </p>
  245.             </dd>
  246.             <dt>
  247.               <span class="term">Clear all Text</span>
  248.             </dt>
  249.             <dd>
  250.               <p>
  251.           Clicking this icon clears the editor and the associated text
  252.           on the image.
  253.         </p>
  254.             </dd>
  255.             <dt>
  256.               <span class="term">From Left to Right</span>
  257.             </dt>
  258.             <dd>
  259.               <p>
  260.           This option causes text to be entered from left to right, as
  261.           is the case with most Western languages and may Eastern
  262.           languages.
  263.         </p>
  264.             </dd>
  265.             <dt>
  266.               <span class="term">From Right to Left</span>
  267.             </dt>
  268.             <dd>
  269.               <p>
  270.           This option allows text to be entered from right to left, as
  271.           is the case with some Eastern languages, such as Arabic
  272.           (illustrated in the icon).
  273.         </p>
  274.             </dd>
  275.           </dl>
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