Guides To Path Python Fu Script

[tim]

Use this script to turn your guides into path with lines meeting at intersections (so if you wanted to, you can easily edit/remove lines of created path).

guides_to_path.zip #

Zipped .py file (unzip and put in your GIMP's plug-ins folder)

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Guides To Path menu location

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Guides To Path sample result (with lines meeting at intersections)

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[Krikor]

Hi Tim,
I don't know for sure what happened, but here's the story:

Today when opening Gimp on my laptop, a message appeared referring to the Guides_to_path.py file, saying that this file would be corrupted, that I run "??" (a win program that I didn't write down the name; something like cmkds or something).

I closed and restarted Gimp, but did not find Guides_to_path in the menu.
I searched via Help - Plug-in Browser, nothing found.

So I opened .py with Notepad ++, and the code looked more like it was from another plugin (Font_Slab-v0-12.py) than from Guides to path.py

The strange thing is that it has been at least 1 month since I downloaded this plugin (guides to path), and a lot more time that I downloaded FontSlab 12, and why only now has this problem I don't know.

Below I leave a copy of the guides_to_path (code changed, after the problem in the gimp restart).

Code: Select all

# GIMP pluginrc
# 
# This file can safely be removed and will be automatically regenerated by
# querying the installed plug-ins.

(protocol-version 26)
(file-version 5)

(plug-in-def "D:\\...\\Font_Slab-v0-12.py" 1570866310
    (proc-def "python_fu_Font_Slab_v0-12" 1
         "To manipulate fonts along a path in Gimp "
         "To manipulate fonts and custom fonts along a path in Gimp "
         "Skinnyhouse"
         "Open source (BSD 3-clause license)"
         "2019"
         "Font Slab v0.12..."
         1
        (menu-path "<Image>/Filters/Custom Font Tools")
        (icon icon-name -1 "")
         "*"
         27 0
        (proc-arg 0 "run-mode" "The run mode { RUN-INTERACTIVE (0), RUN-NONINTERACTIVE (1) }")
        (proc-arg 13 "image" "Input image")
        (proc-arg 16 "drawable" "Input drawable")
        (proc-arg 4 "pf-font" "Font")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-fontsize" "Font size:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-do-Best" "Match the text size to the length of the path:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-shade-text" "Shade FG to BG colour along text:")
        (proc-arg 4 "pf-current-gradient" "Gradient for text colours:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-gradient-text" "Colour text from\ncurrent gradient:")
        (proc-arg 4 "pf-xcffilename" ".xcf font file:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-usecustomfont" "Use custom font:")
        (proc-arg 0 "mode-option2" "New Mode to use with custom fonts:")
        (proc-arg 4 "pf-string" "Text:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-reversed-writing" "As Reversed Writing:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-repeat-text" "Repeat text along path:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-text-size-factor" "Text size step change:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-use-text-size-modifier" "Use text size modifiers:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-initial-text-size" "Initial text size:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-medial-text-size" "Target text size:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-final-text-size" "Final text size:")
        (proc-arg 3 "pf-position-of-target" "Target for change in text\nsize as percentage of path:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-space-alters-size" "Change size with spaces:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-kerning-factor" "Adjust spacing \nbetween characters:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-rotate-text" "Rotate letters:")
        (proc-arg 3 "pf-user-angle" "Angle of rotation:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-jitter-range" "Jitter range:")
        (proc-arg 0 "pf-retain-layers" "Retain layers:")))
(plug-in-def "D:\\...\\Custom_Font_Kerning_For_UpperCase_v003b.py" 1599812976
    (proc-def "python_fu_Custom_Font_Kerning_UpperCase_v003b" 1
         "Provides options for creating kerning paths for upper-case letters in custom fonts "
         "Provides options for creating kerning paths for upper-case letters in custom fonts "
         "Skinnyhouse"
         "Open source (BSD 3-clause license)"
         "2019"
         "Custom Font Kerning for Uppercase v003b..."
         1
        (menu-path "<Image>/Filters/Custom Font Tools/Kerning Tools")
        (icon icon-name -1 "")
         "RGBA"
         25 0
        (proc-arg 0 "run-mode" "The run mode { RUN-INTERACTIVE (0), RUN-NONINTERACTIVE (1) }")
        (proc-arg 13 "image" "Input image")
        (proc-arg 16 "drawable" "Input drawable")
        (proc-arg 0 "kern-sans" "Create upper case kerning paths for custom font: ")
        (proc-arg 0 "kern-style" "Kerning style used: ")
        (proc-arg 0 "kern-current" "Apply kerning to: ")
        (proc-arg 0 "use-pix" "Make adjustments in pixels: ")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-g1-caps" "Group 1 upper case adjustment (%): \n ie B D E F H I K L M N P R")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-g2-caps" "Group 2 upper case adjustment (%): \n ie C G O Q")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-A-cap" "Upper case A adjustment (%): ")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-J-cap" "Upper case J adjustment (%): ")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-S-cap" "Upper case S adjustment (%): ")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-T-cap" "Upper case T adjustment (%): ")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-U-cap" "Upper case U adjustment (%): ")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-V-cap" "Upper case V adjustment (%): ")
        (proc-arg 0 "spin-adjust-W-cap" "Upper case W adjustment (%): ")
        

I already installed another copy of Guides_to_path.py, downloaded from post # 1 and everything is ok now. But the question is why did this problem happen out of nowhere ?!

[skinnyhouse]

Strange one.
Afraid I can offer no explanation as to why FontSlab should apparently appear under another the name of another plug-in.

[tim]

Wow that is a weird problem. I don't think I ever encountered anything like that so I wouldn't know why or how that happened.

[RJKD]

Only just seen this script T, really helpful thanks a lot.