Gabriel Miceli Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I have been trying for more than an hour to get something that will let me put text around a circle. I tried dpy's plugin, but it won't let me select "Eurostile Extended Bold" as a font. I tried GIMP for 45 minutes but got nothing but anger. There is nothing else I have done nor do I know about, so I am going to need help. I want to do something like the image I attached, which I did with CorelDraw back when I was in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Hi there @Gabriel Miceli! Welcome to the Forum. I am running Win10 Just downloaded your preferred font and ran it through DPY's plugin for circle text. No problem here. Have you the most up to date plugins / or maybe download a newer version of the font. The weathering of your font in your pic would be the real challenge. Unless that's what I'm missing from the ¨¨Eurostile Extended Bold¨¨ font Hope this helps Edited February 2, 2020 by AndrewDavid Removed upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Miceli Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Circle Text 1.4 is the version I'm using. Back when I did this with CorelDraw, I used the Defused font, which also doesn't work with the dpy text formations plugins. Please tell me where you downloaded the font and what version of Circle Text you are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 v1.4 Circle text by Dpy found in his Plugin Pack and the font came from eurostile Glad I could be of help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Miceli Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 I just tried it; it didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Could be a windows issue? What version are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Miceli Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Windows 7, but I don't think it should have an impact on this plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 No I'm thinking it's a problem with the font and not the plugin. Does the plugin work with other fonts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Miceli Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Well, I downloaded and replaced the one with the link you provided, so it's one weird thing that it doesn't work for me. As for the rest of the fonts, most of them work. When I open the window for Circle Text, I get told (twice) that Aharoni won't work for the same reason. Other fonts that don't work: Harlow Solid Italic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Has to be a windows issue Edited February 2, 2020 by AndrewDavid Removed upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 It says on the page where the plugin was published that it cannot use fonts if the font doesn't support a 'regular' version. ... well, that's how I read it. https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/16347-circle-text/ Perhaps if you could find a 'regular' version or a font with the same spacing/size you could make a 'guide' layer using Circletext. Then copy/paste the fancy version of each character on top (in a new layer, one letter at a time)? Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Miceli Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Red ochre: The font I needed to use was used on AndrewDavid's first reply to this topic, showing that it does work one way or the other, so I don't believe that could be an issue. But I could be wrong. As for your suggestion, I will first try my reply to AndrewDavid (shown below), then yours. AndrewDavid: Well honestly, that is strange. Given the evidence, I will try this: Use Windows 8 on my second hard drive and try it again. If it still fails, I will try the 64-bit version and try it again. If it fails again, I'm at a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Miceli Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Solution: Different Windows edition I don't know if it's Windows 7 or just my copy, but I tried it on Windows 8 and it worked, and well. Thank you all for your help. Here is the finished product: Edited June 23, 2017 by Gabriel Miceli Thank the other users for helping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickmac Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Hi, Same deal, wanting to add text in a curve. I downloaded dpy plugin 8.1 but cannot find it, not sure how to access it. Anyone know where it's hiding ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 It should be under : EFFECTS> Text Formations > Circle Text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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