Text -- part italics and part not

[verybadcat]

I want to put italics into some of my text, just as

in this message. I want to do this in a single insertion, so that the italicized text fits naturally in its correct place, without me having to adjust everything by hand.

Is this possible?

[Mike Ryan]

Sorry, but no. Our text tool is very limited.

[FrEaK]

um, there is a way actually.

first create 2 layers, then add what you want to type FULLY in 1 layer (everything just forget about italics for now)

then on the 2nd layer type the exact same thing and line it up, then switch it to italics, delete the halves of what you want italic/normal and merge the layers

(hope that makes sense)

[-Expiration-]

Yes, that would work, however:

I want to do this in a single insertion ...

[david.atwell]

I think the OP already knew how to work around it. He was just looking for an easy way.

[Simon Brown]

The only two easy ways I can think of are:

• [*:2zjtb2pu]An added Paint.NET feature
  [*:2zjtb2pu]A plugin

[Myrddin]

A text plugin could work similarly to GIMPs text tool, in that a dialog appears for you to type with. Any and all options would be enclosed within the dialog.

Is something like this plausible?

[Simon Brown]

I guess - but would there be enough demand for it to be worth it?

[Rubrica]

I guess - but would there be enough demand for it to be worth it?

Well I'd demand it!

[Myrddin]

Think: 'brushes'.

Additional text functionalities have always been a demand by some of the newer members maybe used to other software.

[Simon Brown]

Think: 'brushes'.

You mean custom fonts?

[Myrddin]

No. People wished for custom brushes. Users yearned for that added feature-set. It was given to them because someone saw a chance of improvement over PDNs current brush system.

The same can be said with the text tool. There is room for improvement, someone should seize the opportunity.

If you want custom fonts, go to dafont.com or author your own, no-one here needs waste their time on that.

[Andrew D]

No. People wished for custom brushes. Users yearned for that added feature-set. It was given to them because someone saw a chance of improvement over PDNs current brush system.

The same can be said with the text tool. There is room for improvement, someone should seize the opportunity.

If you want custom fonts, go to dafont.com or author your own, no-one here needs waste their time on that.

Or someone could implement something similar to Splatter and the Custom Brush plugin and use that for fonts.

[pyrochild]

Isn't that what BoltBait was supposed to be working on... a year ago?

[Simon Brown]

Or someone could implement something similar to Splatter and the Custom Brush plugin and use that for fonts.

Do you mean one that displays a new canvas - rather than simply a dialog to enter text?

[Curmudgeon]

I wonder, as Rick works for MS, if they would share code from their old line of Picture-It Products as Microsoft no longer produces them. It had a nice text interface where you could have text in a circle, in a trapezoid shape, bulged, outlined, etc.

Probably not something they would do however.

[-Expiration-]

Rick works for Microsoft? :shock:

[pyrochild]

And now you know

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, BoltBait was working on this ages ago. A little over a year actually.

[pyrochild]

Can't have been more than a year. It was while I was here, and I haven't been here a year.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, I just noticed that you are having your one year anniversary in two days...

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And for those who wish to see when Boltbait mentioned it, in May, viewtopic.php?t=4507