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Followup, Rick Brewster nailed it. Exactly what I needed. I've never wanted to propose to someone just from one sentence, but there's a first time for everything.

[Use text to "erase" part of image?]

If you want to type text that erases, use a transparent color and use the Overwrite blending mode in the toolbar.

Oh boy! I'm not by my computer right now, but I'll be sure to try this. Definitely looks like a winner.

[Use text to "erase" part of image?]

There are a few ways to do this, but since I have a plugin that will do it, I'll recommend that.    --> http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=32208

 

Your example with the 'Text Window' plugin:

https://kalama.ml/gfx/junk/stowaway.png

That was quick! So close to perfect. I need both bold font and more... normal(?) text spacing. I'll fiddle around tomorrow and see if I can make this plugin work for me, but coming from 1AM zombie-me, this is a no-go. Thanks, bud.

[Use text to "erase" part of image?]

I will make the background of this green for this example: https://i.gyazo.com/91b19d0f34dcf6c1b26ab277c4f9ebdf.png

 

I want the text to be "green," but I wish to change it in the future. Just using the magic wand and deleting that part removes that anti-aliasing, which I NEED. How does do?