Gimp Text Outline

This is a GIMP script written in Python for putting an outline around text.

This plugin is based on a similar plugin by Pete Nu, available at: http://pete.nu/software/gimp-outliner/

The primary differences between the two are:

1. His plugin is a little more general-purpose, and will draw outlines around any layer, not just text layers.
2. This plugin will stroke the outline using your active brush and brush settings, rather than filling a selection.
3. This plugin will auto-crop the layer to be as small as possible, rather than leaving it as the full image size.

To use this script, make sure that the selected layer is a text layer you want to outline, then choose "Text Outline" from the "Decor" submenu of the "Filters" menu.

The script will create a new, transparent layer underneath your selected layer, and draw the outline into that new layer.

Installation

• Save text-outline.py to your Gimp plugin directory.
  • On Linux, this will be ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/
  • On Windows, apparently it might be something like C:\Users\[username]\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
• Restart GIMP

Usage

• Make sure that the selected layer is the one containing the text you want to outline.
• Choose "Text Outliner" from the "Decor" submenu of the "Filters" menu

That's it!