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daisy
Asked: 2012-03-20 01:04:48 +0800 CST

Center the newly created text in GIMP?

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After creating some text, how can I center it? I'm not talking about the text alignment inside the text box.

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Use the Alignment Tool (shortcut key q):

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    • Select the text,
    • Then choose the element which will be used for positioning (e.g., Image),
    • Click on the horizontal and vertical center align buttons (second column in the first set of buttons):
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  2. This is actually dead simple but even simpler to miss! All you have to do is click the Align tool, then click the Layer over on the right side of your screen then go back to the lower left and click and an alignment button and hey presto. It works. Drove me mad for hours!

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  3. I've found solution:

    1. On the empty art-board type text
    2. Chose Alignment tool
    3. Select text object pressing on it by left mouse key you'll see mini squares on the corners of selection
    4. Use Alignment tool instruments to align text to art-board

    screenshot of GIMP

    I spent many time and realized that i missed 3-rd step. Select text object by clicking mouse, very important step. For me, Ctrl+A or other selections didn't work.

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  4. For some reason none of the answers here worked for me, however, this answer from reddit did!

    Create a vertical guide: Image - Guides - New Guide (by percent). Type in 50 percent.

    Then when you move the selection its center will automatically snap to guide.

    Add both vertical and horizontal guide if you want to center horizontally too.

    By using the move tool and select the move active layer to move the text layer.

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