Adding a Vertical Gradient to Text in GIMP. Sure you can create plain solid-colored text in the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, but sometimes your text needs a little more pizzazz.

Try adding brightly colored text with a bold halftone line gradient. The character panel can’t create this kind of text effect, but you’ll find it easy enough to do yourself.

If Gradient has any flaws, it’s that it feels like a feature rather than an app. It seems like there should be a suite of similar tools to complement it. But, at well under a fiver, we’re not ...

Note that you can see the code in a preview box at the bottom of the dialog box. TopStyle 5 is available as a single-user download for $79.95. Existing Topstyle 4 users can upgrade for $29.95.