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Unrelated: GIMP has a simple straightforward outline option on the text tool now?!
EDIT: It seems to have been added in 3.0. I am surprised I am only now finding this
https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/16/gimp-3-0-released/
Holy shit! What version of Gimp? This has been the single biggest annoyance of mine since moving to Gimp.
I just updated to 3.0.4 and it's there! WOOO!
YOOOOOO! That’s freaking awesome. I never even checked if gimp 3.0 has outlines for text since i’ve used it so long without. Guess i’m gonna have to meme today c
That'll make life so much easier! Instead of doing text, alpha to selection, grow selection by 2, add new layer, color fill, move behind text layer, merge
I always used a third party script for it, so for me it was 1click already.
What I'm saying is, if you're annoyed by something, might be worth checking out add-ons to Gimp
My technique was to add a drop shadow like what I described here, which works great and takes only a few keystrokes, but this way seems much smarter.
EDIT: This new outline functionality does seem to be limited to just the text tool, so I will keep using this drop shadow technique when I need to outline some other arbitrary non-text layer. It is more nondestructive than the select/grow/stroke/merge technique, taking advantage of the fact that filters are nondestructive now.
I used to use drop shadow but often couldn't get a good result depending on the background. So I'd just stick with white text and black outlines because I'm basic AF 🤣