# An update about text tool work in krita **URL:** \ **Category:** Development news\ **Created:** [October 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654 "2022-10-30T17:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/raghukamath/32/59144_2.png) [@raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/u/raghukamath)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/1 "2022-10-30T17:26:53Z")
@wolthera has written a nice blogpost about the ongoing text tool that she has been working on. Please go an check it out. > **[SVG text layout for Krita. – Wolthera.info](https://wolthera.info/2022/10/svg-text-layout-for-krita/)** ---
**Author:** ![wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/wolthera/32/236085_2.png) [@wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/u/wolthera)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/2 "2022-10-30T17:27:57Z")
Ah, I was going to post it after dinner, but turns out someone already did πŸ˜› Anyway, if anyone has questions that the blog doesn’t answer, I can try to answer them. ---
**Author:** ![raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/raghukamath/32/59144_2.png) [@raghukamath](https://krita-artists.org/u/raghukamath)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/3 "2022-10-30T17:30:17Z")
Sorry πŸ˜… ---
**Author:** ![Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hologram](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hologram)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/4 "2022-10-30T18:55:39Z")
I like how even though the text testing sheet is all over the place it still looks kinda coherent πŸ˜‰ Thanks @wolthera it’s a very interesting read. It sure looks incredibly difficult to get this right/ working. Can’t help but to like hanging punctuation, now that I have seen it lol. ---
**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/5 "2022-10-30T20:02:28Z")
This was a fascinating read. Even though half of it went right over my head, I have a new appreciation for the complexity of text rendering. ---
**Author:** ![Ralek](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ralek/32/107058_2.png) [@Ralek](https://krita-artists.org/u/Ralek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/6 "2022-10-30T22:55:21Z")
Very informative and verbose, great job! Looking forward to the well-needed update. ---
**Author:** ![wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/wolthera/32/236085_2.png) [@wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/u/wolthera)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/7 "2022-10-31T12:13:20Z")
Thanks everyone! > [@Hologram](#): > > I like how even though the text testing sheet is all over the place it still looks kinda coherent πŸ˜‰ The power of composition! > [@sooz](#): > > Even though half of it went right over my head Yeah, I had a bit of trouble deciding whether I should try to make it more accessible or focus on just telling what I did. Eventually I chose the latter, because I felt that I figured out some things that would help others doing text layout, and trying to make it more accessible would either result in dumbing it down, or going from the 7K words it is now to 50K words instead πŸ˜ƒ . ---
**Author:** ![EyeOdin](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/eyeodin/32/2662_2.png) [@EyeOdin](https://krita-artists.org/u/EyeOdin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/8 "2022-10-31T15:43:31Z")
So much work. This be more features that what was expected perhaps. I did got curious about the document language affecting the rule choice. Sound interesting. ---
**Author:** ![RamonM](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ramonm/32/236795_2.png) [@RamonM](https://krita-artists.org/u/RamonM)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/an-update-about-text-tool-work-in-krita/50654/10 "2022-11-02T08:26:24Z")
Wow it looks really interesting and useful. Thanks @wolthera for the hard work.