Love all the changes on Krita. Nice work!

One thing I can't figure out is where to find the text tool. Its icon is not present in my "Tools" toolbar, and I have looked at every icon carefully.

I've installed Koffice2 from OpenSUSE YaST2. I've only installed koffice2 base, Krita, Karbon, Kword and kchart.

Everything else works fine.

Any idea why I can't get that to show?

The version of Krita says: "2.0 Beta7". Is this the correct version, or did the opensuse pull an older version?

Thanks for any input.

2.0 beta7 is an old version, 2.0 rc1 is the current one

text in krita2 is a shape, you can find it in the "add shape" docker, i believe is in a tab somewhere at the right, or you have to add it from the menu settings -> dockers

there are two different text shapes, one is the "text shape" and the other is "artistic text shape"

You rock. I got really busy over the past month, sorry for not having replied earlier.

I also decided to wipe out my openSUSE desktops, and I installed Kubuntu on VirtualBox on my WinXP laptop instead (amazing results). So I just gave Krita 2 RC1 another shot...

...You were right on!! it's in a right docker, within the shapes.

I would say that it's not the most obvious spot for it to be, but as long as it's there, I am happy.

Thanks a million

md.

--- just noticed you are a kubuntu user too ----

I just wanted to add that this is the *BEST TEXT TOOL* I've ever seen. Nice work folks.... sweet, I can now trash gimp and paint.net for good (sort of)

md123 wrote:--- just noticed you are a kubuntu user too ----

+1 (if you couldn't tell from my username...)

@marrydavidson101 sounds like you are using Krita 1.6 ? Could it be simply a problem of selecting a visible color ?

For anyone else wondering about how to create and edit text in Krita, there's a short video tutorial at:
http://blip.tv/file/3403313

sounds good to me

I've found the Add shape -> Text and added the shape and resized it. No problems with that.

But I can't find the "Text Tool" in the Tools Docker.

I'm using both Krita 2.1.2 (in Kubuntu Lucid) and Krita 2.3.3 (in Kubuntu Natty).

I watched the tutorial video and that guy has a Text Tool but I don't!

Ok, I finally got the answer from the KOffice Tutorials for Artistic Text Shape (at http://userbase.kde.org/KOffice/Tutoria ... Text_Shape ).

It says to double-click on the newly created Artistic Text (or Text) shape and that will bring up the Text Tool options.

I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years. (I haven't double-clicked anything since I stopped using Windows many years ago.)