[Gimp-user] how to make condensed text along path

[Zhang Weiwu]

danny tauro wrote:
> Not sure if this helps but after you create your text you can use the
> scale tool break the link between Width and height and scale the text
> on the width only.
I did exactly this (use the scale tool on the tool box) but this would
make the layer as "changed text layer" that text layer tool "Text along
path" could not work on, unless I allow "text" tool to revert my changes
to make it a text layer again, which reverts height/width ratio.