[Gimp-user] "Word Art" from Scanned Text

[Joel C. Salomon]

I'm trying to do some lettering on a half-circle, and it occurred to
me that I should be able to do a mock-up on the computer. To that end,
I'm trying to take a scan of my caligraphy, and warp it into the
proper shape—sort of like Word 'Art'. But how can I achieve this
twisting with a scanned image?

See <http://typophile.com/files/text%20in%20a%20half-circle_6719.jpg>
for the effect I want, and
<http://typophile.com/files/od%20yishama_4911.gif> for the text I want
to bend.

--Joel