please don't shoot me , but... [YAOTP]

[Gary Kline]

people,

yes, this is yet another off-topic post,, but 1) i can't find where to
post on the GIMP list [or forum], 2), can't find anything that makes
sense to my way of thinking.

how, oh how, do i use these gimp 'layers'??

2 uses for them.  1st is to create the string "jottings.thought.org"
in a LARGE typeface, centered; then a 2nd string in a Medium typeface,
also centered, and a 3rd in a small typeface.  everything centered.
i figure that whenever somebody unlocks my cage, i may as well make up 
T-shirts and be my own billboard.

i spend a solid 1.5 days trying to learn what the deal is with 'layers':
no-joy.

the second reason to learn gimp is to manipulate plain old ascii
letters (or maybe 8859-15 to get the upside-down bang "!".   when i first
started this site in wisconsin i called it 'thought unlimited' and it
served as a public access unix site for years. public Access or Service,
i've kept the 'thought unlimited' tag.   now if i knew how to use
gimp+layers, i might be able to creaate a logo-with-letters.  

i know 0.00 about art.  at the same time, i love fonts; this is IMHO,
a true artform.   and i'm like to try and design

"TU!" 

on some-such using gimp to create a logo from letters.

thanks in advance,

gary





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  Gary Kline  kline at thought.org   www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
        http://jottings.thought.org   http://transfinite.thought.org