Adding upstream version 2.10.36.upstream/2.10.36

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

31 files changed, 7458 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/text/Makefile.am b/app/text/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de7616e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
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+	-I$(top_builddir)		\
+	-I$(top_srcdir)			\
+	-I$(top_builddir)/app		\
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/app		\
+	$(GEGL_CFLAGS)			\
+	$(PANGOCAIRO_CFLAGS)		\
+	$(HARFBUZZ_CFLAGS)		\
+	$(GDK_PIXBUF_CFLAGS)		\
+	-I$(includedir)
+
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+	text-enums.h			\
+	gimpfont.c			\
+	gimpfont.h			\
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+	gimpfontfactory.h		\
+	gimptext.c			\
+	gimptext.h			\
+	gimptext-compat.c		\
+	gimptext-compat.h		\
+	gimptext-parasite.c		\
+	gimptext-parasite.h		\
+	gimptext-vectors.c		\
+	gimptext-vectors.h		\
+	gimptext-xlfd.c			\
+	gimptext-xlfd.h			\
+	gimptextlayer.c			\
+	gimptextlayer.h			\
+	gimptextlayer-transform.c	\
+	gimptextlayer-transform.h	\
+	gimptextlayer-xcf.c		\
+	gimptextlayer-xcf.h		\
+	gimptextlayout.c		\
+	gimptextlayout.h		\
+	gimptextlayout-render.c		\
+	gimptextlayout-render.h		\
+	gimptextundo.c			\
+	gimptextundo.h
+
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+		--fhead "#include \"config.h\"\n#include <gio/gio.h>\n#include \"libgimpbase/gimpbase.h\"\n#include \"text-enums.h\"\n#include \"gimp-intl.h\"" \
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+		$< > $@
+
+# copy the generated enum file back to the source directory only if it's
+# changed; otherwise, only update its timestamp, so that the recipe isn't
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+# to support building from a read-only source tree.
+$(srcdir)/text-enums.c: xgen-tec
+	$(AM_V_GEN) if ! cmp -s $< $@; then \
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7541048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/Makefile.in
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+	      find "$(distdir)/$$file" -type d ! -perm -700 -exec chmod u+rwx {} \;; \
+	    fi; \
+	    cp -fpR $$d/$$file "$(distdir)$$dir" || exit 1; \
+	  else \
+	    test -f "$(distdir)/$$file" \
+	    || cp -p $$d/$$file "$(distdir)/$$file" \
+	    || exit 1; \
+	  fi; \
+	done
+check-am: all-am
+check: check-am
+all-am: Makefile $(LIBRARIES)
+installdirs:
+install: install-am
+install-exec: install-exec-am
+install-data: install-data-am
+uninstall: uninstall-am
+
+install-am: all-am
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+
+installcheck: installcheck-am
+install-strip:
+	if test -z '$(STRIP)'; then \
+	  $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" \
+	    install_sh_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG=-s \
+	      install; \
+	else \
+	  $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) INSTALL_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" \
+	    install_sh_PROGRAM="$(INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM)" INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG=-s \
+	    "INSTALL_PROGRAM_ENV=STRIPPROG='$(STRIP)'" install; \
+	fi
+mostlyclean-generic:
+
+clean-generic:
+	-test -z "$(CLEANFILES)" || rm -f $(CLEANFILES)
+
+distclean-generic:
+	-test -z "$(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)" || rm -f $(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)
+	-test . = "$(srcdir)" || test -z "$(CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES)" || rm -f $(CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES)
+
+maintainer-clean-generic:
+	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use"
+	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
+clean: clean-am
+
+clean-am: clean-generic clean-libtool clean-noinstLIBRARIES \
+	mostlyclean-am
+
+distclean: distclean-am
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimpfont.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimpfontfactory.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-compat.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-parasite.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-vectors.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-xlfd.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayer-transform.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayer-xcf.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayer.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayout-render.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayout.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextundo.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/text-enums.Po
+	-rm -f Makefile
+distclean-am: clean-am distclean-compile distclean-generic \
+	distclean-tags
+
+dvi: dvi-am
+
+dvi-am:
+
+html: html-am
+
+html-am:
+
+info: info-am
+
+info-am:
+
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+
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+install-man:
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+
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+
+install-ps: install-ps-am
+
+install-ps-am:
+
+installcheck-am:
+
+maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
+		-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimpfont.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimpfontfactory.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-compat.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-parasite.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-vectors.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext-xlfd.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptext.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayer-transform.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayer-xcf.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayer.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayout-render.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextlayout.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/gimptextundo.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/text-enums.Po
+	-rm -f Makefile
+maintainer-clean-am: distclean-am maintainer-clean-generic
+
+mostlyclean: mostlyclean-am
+
+mostlyclean-am: mostlyclean-compile mostlyclean-generic \
+	mostlyclean-libtool
+
+pdf: pdf-am
+
+pdf-am:
+
+ps: ps-am
+
+ps-am:
+
+uninstall-am:
+
+.MAKE: install-am install-strip
+
+.PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS TAGS all all-am am--depfiles check check-am clean \
+	clean-generic clean-libtool clean-noinstLIBRARIES \
+	cscopelist-am ctags ctags-am distclean distclean-compile \
+	distclean-generic distclean-libtool distclean-tags distdir dvi \
+	dvi-am html html-am info info-am install install-am \
+	install-data install-data-am install-dvi install-dvi-am \
+	install-exec install-exec-am install-html install-html-am \
+	install-info install-info-am install-man install-pdf \
+	install-pdf-am install-ps install-ps-am install-strip \
+	installcheck installcheck-am installdirs maintainer-clean \
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+	mostlyclean-generic mostlyclean-libtool pdf pdf-am ps ps-am \
+	tags tags-am uninstall uninstall-am
+
+.PRECIOUS: Makefile
+
+
+xgen-tec: $(srcdir)/text-enums.h $(GIMP_MKENUMS) Makefile.am
+	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GIMP_MKENUMS) \
+		--fhead "#include \"config.h\"\n#include <gio/gio.h>\n#include \"libgimpbase/gimpbase.h\"\n#include \"text-enums.h\"\n#include \"gimp-intl.h\"" \
+		--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@basename@\" */" \
+		--vhead "GType\n@enum_name@_get_type (void)\n{\n  static const G@Type@Value values[] =\n  {" \
+		--vprod "    { @VALUENAME@, \"@VALUENAME@\", \"@valuenick@\" }," \
+		--vtail "    { 0, NULL, NULL }\n  };\n" \
+		--dhead "  static const Gimp@Type@Desc descs[] =\n  {" \
+		--dprod "    { @VALUENAME@, @valuedesc@, @valuehelp@ },@if ('@valueabbrev@' ne 'NULL')@\n    /* Translators: this is an abbreviated version of @valueudesc@.\n       Keep it short. */\n    { @VALUENAME@, @valueabbrev@, NULL },@endif@" \
+		--dtail "    { 0, NULL, NULL }\n  };\n\n  static GType type = 0;\n\n  if (G_UNLIKELY (! type))\n    {\n      type = g_@type@_register_static (\"@EnumName@\", values);\n      gimp_type_set_translation_context (type, \"@enumnick@\");\n      gimp_@type@_set_value_descriptions (type, descs);\n    }\n\n  return type;\n}\n" \
+		$< > $@
+
+# copy the generated enum file back to the source directory only if it's
+# changed; otherwise, only update its timestamp, so that the recipe isn't
+# executed again on the next build, however, allow this to (harmlessly) fail,
+# to support building from a read-only source tree.
+$(srcdir)/text-enums.c: xgen-tec
+	$(AM_V_GEN) if ! cmp -s $< $@; then \
+		cp $< $@; \
+	else \
+		touch $@ 2> /dev/null \
+		|| true; \
+	fi
+
+# Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
+# Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
+.NOEXPORT:
diff --git a/app/text/gimpfont.c b/app/text/gimpfont.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..148275d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimpfont.c
@@ -0,0 +1,820 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * gimpfont.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
+ *                    Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+
+#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
+
+#include <hb.h>
+#include <hb-ot.h>
+#include <hb-ft.h>
+
+#define PANGO_ENABLE_ENGINE  1   /* Argh */
+#include <pango/pango-ot.h>
+
+#include <ft2build.h>
+#include FT_TRUETYPE_TABLES_H
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimptempbuf.h"
+
+#include "gimpfont.h"
+
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+
+/* This is a so-called pangram; it's supposed to
+   contain all characters found in the alphabet. */
+#define GIMP_TEXT_PANGRAM     N_("Pack my box with\nfive dozen liquor jugs.")
+
+#define GIMP_FONT_POPUP_SIZE  (PANGO_SCALE * 30)
+
+#define DEBUGPRINT(x) /* g_print x */
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_PANGO_CONTEXT
+};
+
+
+struct _GimpFont
+{
+  GimpData      parent_instance;
+
+  PangoContext *pango_context;
+
+  PangoLayout  *popup_layout;
+  gint          popup_width;
+  gint          popup_height;
+};
+
+struct _GimpFontClass
+{
+  GimpDataClass   parent_class;
+};
+
+
+static void          gimp_font_constructed      (GObject       *object);
+static void          gimp_font_finalize         (GObject       *object);
+static void          gimp_font_set_property     (GObject       *object,
+                                                 guint          property_id,
+                                                 const GValue  *value,
+                                                 GParamSpec    *pspec);
+
+static void          gimp_font_get_preview_size (GimpViewable  *viewable,
+                                                 gint           size,
+                                                 gboolean       popup,
+                                                 gboolean       dot_for_dot,
+                                                 gint          *width,
+                                                 gint          *height);
+static gboolean      gimp_font_get_popup_size   (GimpViewable  *viewable,
+                                                 gint           width,
+                                                 gint           height,
+                                                 gboolean       dot_for_dot,
+                                                 gint          *popup_width,
+                                                 gint          *popup_height);
+static GimpTempBuf * gimp_font_get_new_preview  (GimpViewable  *viewable,
+                                                 GimpContext   *context,
+                                                 gint           width,
+                                                 gint           height);
+
+static const gchar * gimp_font_get_sample_string (PangoContext         *context,
+                                                  PangoFontDescription *font_desc);
+
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GimpFont, gimp_font, GIMP_TYPE_DATA)
+
+#define parent_class gimp_font_parent_class
+
+
+static void
+gimp_font_class_init (GimpFontClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass      *object_class   = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpViewableClass *viewable_class = GIMP_VIEWABLE_CLASS (klass);
+
+  object_class->constructed         = gimp_font_constructed;
+  object_class->finalize            = gimp_font_finalize;
+  object_class->set_property        = gimp_font_set_property;
+
+  viewable_class->get_preview_size  = gimp_font_get_preview_size;
+  viewable_class->get_popup_size    = gimp_font_get_popup_size;
+  viewable_class->get_new_preview   = gimp_font_get_new_preview;
+
+  viewable_class->default_icon_name = "gtk-select-font";
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_PANGO_CONTEXT,
+                                   g_param_spec_object ("pango-context",
+                                                        NULL, NULL,
+                                                        PANGO_TYPE_CONTEXT,
+                                                        GIMP_PARAM_WRITABLE));
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_init (GimpFont *font)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_constructed (GObject *object)
+{
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->constructed (object);
+
+  gimp_data_make_internal (GIMP_DATA (object),
+                           gimp_object_get_name (object));
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_finalize (GObject *object)
+{
+  GimpFont *font = GIMP_FONT (object);
+
+  g_clear_object (&font->pango_context);
+  g_clear_object (&font->popup_layout);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_set_property (GObject       *object,
+                        guint          property_id,
+                        const GValue  *value,
+                        GParamSpec    *pspec)
+{
+  GimpFont *font = GIMP_FONT (object);
+
+  switch (property_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_PANGO_CONTEXT:
+      if (font->pango_context)
+        g_object_unref (font->pango_context);
+      font->pango_context = g_value_dup_object (value);
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_get_preview_size (GimpViewable *viewable,
+                            gint          size,
+                            gboolean      popup,
+                            gboolean      dot_for_dot,
+                            gint         *width,
+                            gint         *height)
+{
+  *width  = size;
+  *height = size;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_font_get_popup_size (GimpViewable *viewable,
+                          gint          width,
+                          gint          height,
+                          gboolean      dot_for_dot,
+                          gint         *popup_width,
+                          gint         *popup_height)
+{
+  GimpFont             *font = GIMP_FONT (viewable);
+  PangoFontDescription *font_desc;
+  PangoRectangle        ink;
+  PangoRectangle        logical;
+  const gchar          *name;
+
+  if (! font->pango_context)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  name = gimp_object_get_name (font);
+
+  font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string (name);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (font_desc != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  pango_font_description_set_size (font_desc, GIMP_FONT_POPUP_SIZE);
+
+  if (font->popup_layout)
+    g_object_unref (font->popup_layout);
+
+  font->popup_layout = pango_layout_new (font->pango_context);
+  pango_layout_set_font_description (font->popup_layout, font_desc);
+  pango_font_description_free (font_desc);
+
+  pango_layout_set_text (font->popup_layout, gettext (GIMP_TEXT_PANGRAM), -1);
+  pango_layout_get_pixel_extents (font->popup_layout, &ink, &logical);
+
+  *popup_width  = MAX (ink.width,  logical.width)  + 6;
+  *popup_height = MAX (ink.height, logical.height) + 6;
+
+  *popup_width = cairo_format_stride_for_width (CAIRO_FORMAT_A8, *popup_width);
+
+  font->popup_width  = *popup_width;
+  font->popup_height = *popup_height;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static GimpTempBuf *
+gimp_font_get_new_preview (GimpViewable *viewable,
+                           GimpContext  *context,
+                           gint          width,
+                           gint          height)
+{
+  GimpFont        *font = GIMP_FONT (viewable);
+  PangoLayout     *layout;
+  PangoRectangle   ink;
+  PangoRectangle   logical;
+  gint             layout_width;
+  gint             layout_height;
+  gint             layout_x;
+  gint             layout_y;
+  GimpTempBuf     *temp_buf;
+  cairo_t         *cr;
+  cairo_surface_t *surface;
+
+  if (! font->pango_context)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if (! font->popup_layout ||
+      font->popup_width != width || font->popup_height != height)
+    {
+      PangoFontDescription *font_desc;
+      const gchar          *name;
+
+      name = gimp_object_get_name (font);
+
+      DEBUGPRINT (("%s: ", name));
+
+      font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string (name);
+      g_return_val_if_fail (font_desc != NULL, NULL);
+
+      pango_font_description_set_size (font_desc,
+                                       PANGO_SCALE * height * 2.0 / 3.0);
+
+      layout = pango_layout_new (font->pango_context);
+
+      pango_layout_set_font_description (layout, font_desc);
+      pango_layout_set_text (layout,
+                             gimp_font_get_sample_string (font->pango_context,
+                                                          font_desc),
+                             -1);
+
+      pango_font_description_free (font_desc);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      layout = g_object_ref (font->popup_layout);
+    }
+
+  width = cairo_format_stride_for_width (CAIRO_FORMAT_A8, width);
+
+  temp_buf = gimp_temp_buf_new (width, height, babl_format ("Y' u8"));
+  memset (gimp_temp_buf_get_data (temp_buf), 255, width * height);
+
+  surface = cairo_image_surface_create_for_data (gimp_temp_buf_get_data (temp_buf),
+                                                 CAIRO_FORMAT_A8,
+                                                 width, height, width);
+
+  pango_layout_get_pixel_extents (layout, &ink, &logical);
+
+  layout_width  = MAX (ink.width,  logical.width);
+  layout_height = MAX (ink.height, logical.height);
+
+  layout_x = (width - layout_width)  / 2;
+  layout_y = (height - layout_height) / 2;
+
+  if (ink.x < logical.x)
+    layout_x += logical.x - ink.x;
+
+  if (ink.y < logical.y)
+    layout_y += logical.y - ink.y;
+
+  cr = cairo_create (surface);
+
+  cairo_translate (cr, layout_x, layout_y);
+  cairo_set_operator (cr, CAIRO_OPERATOR_CLEAR);
+  pango_cairo_show_layout (cr, layout);
+
+  cairo_destroy (cr);
+  cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+
+  g_object_unref (layout);
+
+  return temp_buf;
+}
+
+GimpData *
+gimp_font_get_standard (void)
+{
+  static GimpData *standard_font = NULL;
+
+  if (! standard_font)
+    {
+      standard_font = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_FONT,
+                                    "name", "",
+                                    NULL);
+
+      gimp_data_clean (standard_font);
+      gimp_data_make_internal (standard_font, "gimp-font-standard");
+
+      g_object_add_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (standard_font),
+                                 (gpointer *) &standard_font);
+    }
+
+  return standard_font;
+}
+
+
+static inline gboolean
+gimp_font_covers_string (PangoFcFont *font,
+                         const gchar *sample)
+{
+  const gchar *p;
+
+  for (p = sample; *p; p = g_utf8_next_char (p))
+    {
+      if (! pango_fc_font_has_char (font, g_utf8_get_char (p)))
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/* This function was picked up from Pango's pango-ot-info.c. Until there
+ * is a better way to get the tag, we use this.
+ */
+static hb_tag_t
+get_hb_table_type (PangoOTTableType table_type)
+{
+  switch (table_type)
+    {
+    case PANGO_OT_TABLE_GSUB:
+      return HB_OT_TAG_GSUB;
+    case PANGO_OT_TABLE_GPOS:
+      return HB_OT_TAG_GPOS;
+    default:
+      return HB_TAG_NONE;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Guess a suitable short sample string for the font. */
+static const gchar *
+gimp_font_get_sample_string (PangoContext         *context,
+                             PangoFontDescription *font_desc)
+{
+  PangoFont        *font;
+  hb_face_t        *hb_face;
+  FT_Face           face;
+  TT_OS2           *os2;
+  PangoOTTableType  tt;
+  gint              i;
+
+  /* This is a table of scripts and corresponding short sample strings
+   * to be used instead of the Latin sample string Aa. The script
+   * codes are as in ISO15924 (see
+   * https://www.unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html), but in
+   * lower case. The Unicode subrange bit numbers, as used in TrueType
+   * so-called OS/2 tables, are from
+   * https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/os2.htm#ur .
+   *
+   * The table is mostly ordered by Unicode order. But as there are
+   * fonts that support several of these scripts, the ordering is
+   * be modified so that the script which such a font is more likely
+   * to be actually designed for comes first and matches.
+   *
+   * These sample strings are mostly just guesswork as for their
+   * usefulness. Usually they contain what I assume is the first
+   * letter in the corresponding alphabet, or two first letters if the
+   * first one happens to look too "trivial" to be recognizable by
+   * itself.
+   *
+   * This table is used to determine the primary script a font has
+   * been designed for.
+   *
+   * Very useful link: https://www.wazu.jp/index.html
+   */
+  static const struct
+  {
+    const gchar  script[4];
+    gint         bit;
+    const gchar *sample;
+  } scripts[] = {
+    /* Han is first because fonts that support it presumably are primarily
+     * designed for it.
+     */
+    {
+      "hani",                   /* Han Ideographic */
+      59,
+      "\346\260\270"            /* U+6C38 "forever". Ed Trager says
+                                 * this is a "pan-stroke" often used
+                                 * in teaching Chinese calligraphy. It
+                                 * contains the eight basic Chinese
+                                 * stroke forms.
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "copt",                   /* Coptic */
+      7,
+      "\316\221\316\261"        /* U+0410 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
+                                   U+0430 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "grek",                   /* Greek */
+      7,
+      "\316\221\316\261"        /* U+0410 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
+                                   U+0430 GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "cyrl",                   /* Cyrillic */
+      9,
+      "\320\220\325\260"        /* U+0410 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A
+                                   U+0430 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "armn",                   /* Armenian */
+      10,
+      "\324\261\325\241"        /* U+0531 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER AYB
+                                   U+0561 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER AYB
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "hebr",                   /* Hebrew */
+      11,
+      "\327\220"                /* U+05D0 HEBREW LETTER ALEF */
+    },
+    {
+      "arab",                   /* Arabic */
+      13,
+      "\330\247\330\250"        /* U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF
+                                 * U+0628 ARABIC LETTER BEH
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "syrc",                   /* Syriac */
+      71,
+      "\334\220\334\222"        /* U+0710 SYRIAC LETTER ALAPH
+                                 * U+0712 SYRIAC LETTER BETH
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "thaa",                   /* Thaana */
+      72,
+      "\336\200\336\201"        /* U+0780 THAANA LETTER HAA
+                                 * U+0781 THAANA LETTER SHAVIYANI
+                                 */
+    },
+    /* Should really use some better sample strings for the complex
+     * scripts. Something that shows how well the font handles the
+     * complex processing for each script.
+     */
+    {
+      "deva",                   /* Devanagari */
+      15,
+      "\340\244\205"            /* U+0905 DEVANAGARI LETTER A*/
+    },
+    {
+      "beng",                   /* Bengali */
+      16,
+      "\340\246\205"            /* U+0985 BENGALI LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "guru",                   /* Gurmukhi */
+      17,
+      "\340\250\205"            /* U+0A05 GURMUKHI LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "gujr",                   /* Gujarati */
+      18,
+      "\340\252\205"            /* U+0A85 GUJARATI LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "orya",                   /* Oriya */
+      19,
+      "\340\254\205"            /* U+0B05 ORIYA LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "taml",                   /* Tamil */
+      20,
+      "\340\256\205"            /* U+0B85 TAMIL LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "telu",                   /* Telugu */
+      21,
+      "\340\260\205"            /* U+0C05 TELUGU LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "knda",                   /* Kannada */
+      22,
+      "\340\262\205"            /* U+0C85 KANNADA LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "mylm",                   /* Malayalam */
+      23,
+      "\340\264\205"            /* U+0D05 MALAYALAM LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "sinh",                   /* Sinhala */
+      73,
+      "\340\266\205"            /* U+0D85 SINHALA LETTER AYANNA */
+    },
+    {
+      "thai",                   /* Thai */
+      24,
+      "\340\270\201\340\270\264"/* U+0E01 THAI CHARACTER KO KAI
+                                 * U+0E34 THAI CHARACTER SARA I
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "laoo",                   /* Lao */
+      25,
+      "\340\272\201\340\272\264"/* U+0E81 LAO LETTER KO
+                                 * U+0EB4 LAO VOWEL SIGN I
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "tibt",                   /* Tibetan */
+      70,
+      "\340\274\200"            /* U+0F00 TIBETAN SYLLABLE OM */
+    },
+    {
+      "mymr",                   /* Myanmar */
+      74,
+      "\341\200\200"            /* U+1000 MYANMAR LETTER KA */
+    },
+    {
+      "geor",                   /* Georgian */
+      26,
+      "\341\202\240\341\203\200" /* U+10A0 GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AN
+                                  * U+10D0 GEORGIAN LETTER AN
+                                  */
+    },
+    {
+      "hang",                   /* Hangul */
+      28,
+      "\341\204\200\341\204\201"/* U+1100 HANGUL CHOSEONG KIYEOK
+                                 * U+1101 HANGUL CHOSEONG SSANGKIYEOK
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "ethi",                   /* Ethiopic */
+      75,
+      "\341\210\200"            /* U+1200 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE HA */
+    },
+    {
+      "cher",                   /* Cherokee */
+      76,
+      "\341\216\243"            /* U+13A3 CHEROKEE LETTER O */
+    },
+    {
+      "cans",                   /* Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics */
+      77,
+      "\341\220\201"            /* U+1401 CANADIAN SYLLABICS E */
+    },
+    {
+      "ogam",                   /* Ogham */
+      78,
+      "\341\232\201"            /* U+1681 OGHAM LETTER BEITH */
+    },
+    {
+      "runr",                   /* Runic */
+      79,
+      "\341\232\240"            /* U+16A0 RUNIC LETTER FEHU FEOH FE F */
+    },
+    {
+      "tglg",                   /* Tagalog */
+      84,
+      "\341\234\200"            /* U+1700 TAGALOG LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "hano",                   /* Hanunoo */
+      -1,
+      "\341\234\240"            /* U+1720 HANUNOO LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "buhd",                   /* Buhid */
+      -1,
+      "\341\235\200"            /* U+1740 BUHID LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "tagb",                   /* Tagbanwa */
+      -1,
+      "\341\235\240"            /* U+1760 TAGBANWA LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "khmr",                   /* Khmer */
+      80,
+      "\341\236\201\341\237\222\341\236\211\341\236\273\341\237\206"
+                                /* U+1781 KHMER LETTER KHA
+                                 * U+17D2 KHMER LETTER SIGN COENG
+                                 * U+1789 KHMER LETTER NYO
+                                 * U+17BB KHMER VOWEL SIGN U
+                                 * U+17C6 KHMER SIGN NIKAHIT
+                                 * A common word meaning "I" that contains
+                                 * lots of complex processing.
+                                 */
+    },
+    {
+      "mong",                   /* Mongolian */
+      81,
+      "\341\240\240"            /* U+1820 MONGOLIAN LETTER A */
+    },
+    {
+      "limb",                   /* Limbu */
+      -1,
+      "\341\244\201"            /* U+1901 LIMBU LETTER KA */
+    },
+    {
+      "tale",                   /* Tai Le */
+      -1,
+      "\341\245\220"            /* U+1950 TAI LE LETTER KA */
+    },
+    {
+      "latn",                   /* Latin */
+      0,
+      "Aa"
+    }
+  };
+
+  gint ot_alts[4];
+  gint n_ot_alts = 0;
+  gint sr_alts[20];
+  gint n_sr_alts = 0;
+
+  font = pango_context_load_font (context, font_desc);
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (PANGO_IS_FC_FONT (font), "Aa");
+
+  face = pango_fc_font_lock_face (PANGO_FC_FONT (font));
+  g_return_val_if_fail (face != NULL, "Aa");
+  hb_face = hb_ft_face_create (face, NULL);
+
+  /* First check what script(s), if any, the font has GSUB or GPOS
+   * OpenType layout tables for.
+   */
+  for (tt = PANGO_OT_TABLE_GSUB;
+       n_ot_alts < G_N_ELEMENTS (ot_alts) && tt <= PANGO_OT_TABLE_GPOS;
+       tt++)
+    {
+      hb_tag_t tag;
+      unsigned int count;
+      PangoOTTag *slist;
+
+      tag = get_hb_table_type (tt);
+      count = hb_ot_layout_table_get_script_tags (hb_face, tag, 0, NULL, NULL);
+      slist = g_new (PangoOTTag, count + 1);
+      hb_ot_layout_table_get_script_tags (hb_face, tag, 0, &count, slist);
+      slist[count] = 0;
+
+      for (i = 0;
+           n_ot_alts < G_N_ELEMENTS (ot_alts) && i < G_N_ELEMENTS (scripts);
+           i++)
+        {
+          gint j, k;
+
+          for (k = 0; k < n_ot_alts; k++)
+            if (ot_alts[k] == i)
+              break;
+
+          if (k == n_ot_alts)
+            {
+              for (j = 0;
+                   n_ot_alts < G_N_ELEMENTS (ot_alts) && slist[j];
+                   j++)
+                {
+#define TAG(s) FT_MAKE_TAG (s[0], s[1], s[2], s[3])
+
+                  if (slist[j] == TAG (scripts[i].script) &&
+                      gimp_font_covers_string (PANGO_FC_FONT (font),
+                                               scripts[i].sample))
+                    {
+                      ot_alts[n_ot_alts++] = i;
+                      DEBUGPRINT (("%.4s ", scripts[i].script));
+                    }
+#undef TAG
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+      g_free (slist);
+    }
+
+  hb_face_destroy (hb_face);
+
+  DEBUGPRINT (("; OS/2: "));
+
+  /* Next check the OS/2 table for Unicode ranges the font claims
+   * to cover.
+   */
+
+  os2 = FT_Get_Sfnt_Table (face, ft_sfnt_os2);
+
+  if (os2)
+    {
+      for (i = 0;
+           n_sr_alts < G_N_ELEMENTS (sr_alts) && i < G_N_ELEMENTS (scripts);
+           i++)
+        {
+          if (scripts[i].bit >= 0 &&
+              (&os2->ulUnicodeRange1)[scripts[i].bit/32] & (1 << (scripts[i].bit % 32)) &&
+              gimp_font_covers_string (PANGO_FC_FONT (font),
+                                       scripts[i].sample))
+            {
+              sr_alts[n_sr_alts++] = i;
+              DEBUGPRINT (("%.4s ", scripts[i].script));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+  pango_fc_font_unlock_face (PANGO_FC_FONT (font));
+
+  g_object_unref (font);
+
+  if (n_ot_alts > 2)
+    {
+      /* The font has OpenType tables for several scripts. If it
+       * support Basic Latin as well, use Aa.
+       */
+      gint i;
+
+      for (i = 0; i < n_sr_alts; i++)
+        if (scripts[sr_alts[i]].bit == 0)
+          {
+            DEBUGPRINT (("=> several OT, also latin, use Aa\n"));
+            return "Aa";
+          }
+    }
+
+  if (n_ot_alts > 0 && n_sr_alts >= n_ot_alts + 3)
+    {
+      /* At least one script with an OpenType table, but many more
+       * subranges than such scripts. If it supports Basic Latin,
+       * use Aa, else the highest priority subrange.
+       */
+      gint i;
+
+      for (i = 0; i < n_sr_alts; i++)
+        if (scripts[sr_alts[i]].bit == 0)
+          {
+            DEBUGPRINT (("=> several SR, also latin, use Aa\n"));
+            return "Aa";
+          }
+
+      DEBUGPRINT (("=> several SR, use %.4s\n", scripts[sr_alts[0]].script));
+      return scripts[sr_alts[0]].sample;
+    }
+
+  if (n_ot_alts > 0)
+    {
+      /* OpenType tables for at least one script, use the
+       * highest priority one
+       */
+      DEBUGPRINT (("=> at least one OT, use %.4s\n",
+                   scripts[sr_alts[0]].script));
+      return scripts[ot_alts[0]].sample;
+    }
+
+  if (n_sr_alts > 0)
+    {
+      /* Use the highest priority subrange.  This means that a
+       * font that supports Greek, Cyrillic and Latin (quite
+       * common), will get the Greek sample string. That is
+       * capital and lowercase alpha, which looks like capital A
+       * and lowercase alpha, so it's actually quite nice, and
+       * doesn't give a too strong impression that the font would
+       * be for Greek only.
+       */
+      DEBUGPRINT (("=> at least one SR, use %.4s\n",
+                   scripts[sr_alts[0]].script));
+     return scripts[sr_alts[0]].sample;
+    }
+
+  /* Final fallback */
+  DEBUGPRINT (("=> fallback, use Aa\n"));
+  return "Aa";
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimpfont.h b/app/text/gimpfont.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b6a632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimpfont.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * gimpfont.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
+ *                    Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_FONT_H__
+#define __GIMP_FONT_H__
+
+
+#include "core/gimpdata.h"
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_FONT            (gimp_font_get_type ())
+#define GIMP_FONT(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_FONT, GimpFont))
+#define GIMP_FONT_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_FONT, GimpFontClass))
+#define GIMP_IS_FONT(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_FONT))
+#define GIMP_IS_FONT_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_FONT))
+#define GIMP_FONT_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_FONT, GimpFontClass))
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpFontClass GimpFontClass;
+
+
+GType      gimp_font_get_type     (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+GimpData * gimp_font_get_standard (void);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_FONT_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimpfontfactory.c b/app/text/gimpfontfactory.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ead75d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimpfontfactory.c
@@ -0,0 +1,677 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * gimpfontfactory.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * Partly based on code Copyright (C) Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *                                    Manish Singh <yosh@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
+#include <pango/pangofc-fontmap.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+#include "libgimpconfig/gimpconfig.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp.h"
+#include "core/gimp-parallel.h"
+#include "core/gimpasync.h"
+#include "core/gimpasyncset.h"
+#include "core/gimpcancelable.h"
+#include "core/gimpcontainer.h"
+
+#include "gimpfont.h"
+#include "gimpfontfactory.h"
+
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+
+/* Use fontconfig directly for speed. We can use the pango stuff when/if
+ * fontconfig/pango get more efficient.
+ */
+#define USE_FONTCONFIG_DIRECTLY
+
+#ifdef USE_FONTCONFIG_DIRECTLY
+#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
+#endif
+
+#define CONF_FNAME "fonts.conf"
+
+
+struct _GimpFontFactoryPrivate
+{
+  gpointer foo; /* can't have an empty struct */
+};
+
+#define GET_PRIVATE(obj) (((GimpFontFactory *) (obj))->priv)
+
+
+static void       gimp_font_factory_data_init       (GimpDataFactory *factory,
+                                                     GimpContext     *context);
+static void       gimp_font_factory_data_refresh    (GimpDataFactory *factory,
+                                                     GimpContext     *context);
+static void       gimp_font_factory_data_save       (GimpDataFactory *factory);
+static void       gimp_font_factory_data_cancel     (GimpDataFactory *factory);
+static GimpData * gimp_font_factory_data_duplicate  (GimpDataFactory *factory,
+                                                     GimpData        *data);
+static gboolean   gimp_font_factory_data_delete     (GimpDataFactory *factory,
+                                                     GimpData        *data,
+                                                     gboolean         delete_from_disk,
+                                                     GError         **error);
+
+static void       gimp_font_factory_load            (GimpFontFactory *factory,
+                                                     GError         **error);
+static gboolean   gimp_font_factory_load_fonts_conf (FcConfig        *config,
+                                                     GFile           *fonts_conf);
+static void       gimp_font_factory_add_directories (FcConfig        *config,
+                                                     GList           *path,
+                                                     GError         **error);
+static void       gimp_font_factory_recursive_add_fontdir
+                                                    (FcConfig        *config,
+                                                     GFile           *file,
+                                                     GError         **error);
+static void       gimp_font_factory_load_names      (GimpContainer   *container,
+                                                     PangoFontMap    *fontmap,
+                                                     PangoContext    *context);
+
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (GimpFontFactory, gimp_font_factory,
+                            GIMP_TYPE_DATA_FACTORY)
+
+#define parent_class gimp_font_factory_parent_class
+
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_class_init (GimpFontFactoryClass *klass)
+{
+  GimpDataFactoryClass *factory_class = GIMP_DATA_FACTORY_CLASS (klass);
+
+  factory_class->data_init      = gimp_font_factory_data_init;
+  factory_class->data_refresh   = gimp_font_factory_data_refresh;
+  factory_class->data_save      = gimp_font_factory_data_save;
+  factory_class->data_cancel    = gimp_font_factory_data_cancel;
+  factory_class->data_duplicate = gimp_font_factory_data_duplicate;
+  factory_class->data_delete    = gimp_font_factory_data_delete;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_init (GimpFontFactory *factory)
+{
+  factory->priv = gimp_font_factory_get_instance_private (factory);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_data_init (GimpDataFactory *factory,
+                             GimpContext     *context)
+{
+  GError *error = NULL;
+
+  gimp_font_factory_load (GIMP_FONT_FACTORY (factory), &error);
+
+  if (error)
+    {
+      gimp_message_literal (gimp_data_factory_get_gimp (factory), NULL,
+                            GIMP_MESSAGE_INFO,
+                            error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_data_refresh (GimpDataFactory *factory,
+                                GimpContext     *context)
+{
+  GError *error = NULL;
+
+  gimp_font_factory_load (GIMP_FONT_FACTORY (factory), &error);
+
+  if (error)
+    {
+      gimp_message_literal (gimp_data_factory_get_gimp (factory), NULL,
+                            GIMP_MESSAGE_INFO,
+                            error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_data_save (GimpDataFactory *factory)
+{
+  /*  this is not "saving" but this functions is called at the right
+   *  time at exit to reset the config
+   */
+
+  /* if font loading is in progress in another thread, do nothing.  calling
+   * FcInitReinitialize() while loading takes place is unsafe.
+   */
+  if (! gimp_async_set_is_empty (gimp_data_factory_get_async_set (factory)))
+    return;
+
+  /* Reinit the library with defaults. */
+  FcInitReinitialize ();
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_data_cancel (GimpDataFactory *factory)
+{
+  GimpAsyncSet *async_set = gimp_data_factory_get_async_set (factory);
+
+  /* we can't really cancel font loading, so we just clear the async set and
+   * return without waiting for loading to finish.  we also cancel the async
+   * set beforehand, as a way to signal to
+   * gimp_font_factory_load_async_callback() that loading was canceled and the
+   * factory might be dead, and that it should just do nothing.
+   */
+  gimp_cancelable_cancel (GIMP_CANCELABLE (async_set));
+  gimp_async_set_clear (async_set);
+}
+
+static GimpData *
+gimp_font_factory_data_duplicate (GimpDataFactory *factory,
+                                  GimpData        *data)
+{
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_font_factory_data_delete (GimpDataFactory  *factory,
+                               GimpData         *data,
+                               gboolean          delete_from_disk,
+                               GError          **error)
+{
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+/*  public functions  */
+
+GimpDataFactory *
+gimp_font_factory_new (Gimp        *gimp,
+                       const gchar *path_property_name)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_GIMP (gimp), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (path_property_name != NULL, NULL);
+
+  return g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_FONT_FACTORY,
+                       "gimp",               gimp,
+                       "data-type",          GIMP_TYPE_FONT,
+                       "path-property-name", path_property_name,
+                       "get-standard-func",  gimp_font_get_standard,
+                       NULL);
+}
+
+
+/*  private functions  */
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_load_async (GimpAsync *async,
+                              FcConfig  *config)
+{
+  if (FcConfigBuildFonts (config))
+    {
+      gimp_async_finish (async, config);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      FcConfigDestroy (config);
+
+      gimp_async_abort (async);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_load_async_callback (GimpAsync       *async,
+                                       GimpFontFactory *factory)
+{
+  GimpContainer *container;
+
+  /* the operation was canceled and the factory might be dead (see
+   * gimp_font_factory_data_cancel()).  bail.
+   */
+  if (gimp_async_is_canceled (async))
+    return;
+
+  container = gimp_data_factory_get_container (GIMP_DATA_FACTORY (factory));
+
+  if (gimp_async_is_finished (async))
+    {
+      FcConfig     *config = gimp_async_get_result (async);
+      PangoFontMap *fontmap;
+      PangoContext *context;
+
+      FcConfigSetCurrent (config);
+
+      fontmap = pango_cairo_font_map_new_for_font_type (CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_FT);
+      if (! fontmap)
+        g_error ("You are using a Pango that has been built against a cairo "
+                 "that lacks the Freetype font backend");
+
+      pango_cairo_font_map_set_resolution (PANGO_CAIRO_FONT_MAP (fontmap),
+                                           72.0 /* FIXME */);
+      context = pango_font_map_create_context (fontmap);
+      g_object_unref (fontmap);
+
+      gimp_font_factory_load_names (container, PANGO_FONT_MAP (fontmap), context);
+      g_object_unref (context);
+      FcConfigDestroy (config);
+    }
+
+  gimp_container_thaw (container);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_load (GimpFontFactory  *factory,
+                        GError          **error)
+{
+  GimpContainer *container;
+  Gimp          *gimp;
+  GimpAsyncSet  *async_set;
+  FcConfig      *config;
+  GFile         *fonts_conf;
+  GList         *path;
+  GimpAsync     *async;
+
+  async_set = gimp_data_factory_get_async_set (GIMP_DATA_FACTORY (factory));
+
+  if (! gimp_async_set_is_empty (async_set))
+    {
+      /* font loading is already in progress */
+      return;
+    }
+
+  container = gimp_data_factory_get_container (GIMP_DATA_FACTORY (factory));
+
+  gimp = gimp_data_factory_get_gimp (GIMP_DATA_FACTORY (factory));
+
+  if (gimp->be_verbose)
+    g_print ("Loading fonts\n");
+
+  config = FcInitLoadConfig ();
+
+  if (! config)
+    return;
+
+  fonts_conf = gimp_directory_file (CONF_FNAME, NULL);
+  if (! gimp_font_factory_load_fonts_conf (config, fonts_conf))
+    g_printerr ("%s: failed to read '%s'.\n",
+                G_STRFUNC, g_file_peek_path (fonts_conf));
+  g_object_unref (fonts_conf);
+
+  fonts_conf = gimp_sysconf_directory_file (CONF_FNAME, NULL);
+  if (! gimp_font_factory_load_fonts_conf (config, fonts_conf))
+    g_printerr ("%s: failed to read '%s'.\n",
+                G_STRFUNC, g_file_peek_path (fonts_conf));
+  g_object_unref (fonts_conf);
+
+  path = gimp_data_factory_get_data_path (GIMP_DATA_FACTORY (factory));
+  if (! path)
+    return;
+
+  gimp_container_freeze (container);
+  gimp_container_clear (container);
+
+  gimp_font_factory_add_directories (config, path, error);
+  g_list_free_full (path, (GDestroyNotify) g_object_unref);
+
+  /* We perform font cache initialization in a separate thread, so
+   * in the case a cache rebuild is to be done it will not block
+   * the UI.
+   */
+  async = gimp_parallel_run_async_independent_full (
+    +10,
+    (GimpRunAsyncFunc) gimp_font_factory_load_async,
+    config);
+
+  gimp_async_add_callback_for_object (
+    async,
+    (GimpAsyncCallback) gimp_font_factory_load_async_callback,
+    factory,
+    factory);
+
+  gimp_async_set_add (async_set, async);
+
+  g_object_unref (async);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_font_factory_load_fonts_conf (FcConfig *config,
+                                   GFile    *fonts_conf)
+{
+  gchar    *path = g_file_get_path (fonts_conf);
+  gboolean  ret  = TRUE;
+
+  if (! FcConfigParseAndLoad (config, (const guchar *) path, FcFalse))
+    ret = FALSE;
+
+  g_free (path);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_add_directories (FcConfig  *config,
+                                   GList     *path,
+                                   GError   **error)
+{
+  GList *list;
+
+  for (list = path; list; list = list->next)
+    {
+      /* The configured directories must exist or be created. */
+      g_file_make_directory_with_parents (list->data, NULL, NULL);
+
+      /* Do not use FcConfigAppFontAddDir(). Instead use
+       * FcConfigAppFontAddFile() with our own recursive loop.
+       * Otherwise, when some fonts fail to load (e.g. permission
+       * issues), we end up in weird situations where the fonts are in
+       * the list, but are unusable and output many errors.
+       * See bug 748553.
+       */
+      gimp_font_factory_recursive_add_fontdir (config, list->data, error);
+    }
+
+  if (error && *error)
+    {
+      gchar *font_list = g_strdup ((*error)->message);
+
+      g_clear_error (error);
+      g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                   _("Some fonts failed to load:\n%s"), font_list);
+      g_free (font_list);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_recursive_add_fontdir (FcConfig  *config,
+                                         GFile     *file,
+                                         GError   **error)
+{
+  GFileEnumerator *enumerator;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (config != NULL);
+
+  enumerator = g_file_enumerate_children (file,
+                                          G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME ","
+                                          G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_HIDDEN ","
+                                          G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_TYPE ","
+                                          G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED,
+                                          G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE,
+                                          NULL, NULL);
+  if (enumerator)
+    {
+      GFileInfo *info;
+
+      while ((info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (enumerator, NULL, NULL)))
+        {
+          GFileType  file_type;
+          GFile     *child;
+
+          if (g_file_info_get_is_hidden (info))
+            {
+              g_object_unref (info);
+              continue;
+            }
+
+          file_type = g_file_info_get_file_type (info);
+          child     = g_file_enumerator_get_child (enumerator, info);
+
+          if (file_type == G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+            {
+              gimp_font_factory_recursive_add_fontdir (config, child, error);
+            }
+          else if (file_type == G_FILE_TYPE_REGULAR)
+            {
+              gchar *path = g_file_get_path (child);
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+              gchar *tmp = g_win32_locale_filename_from_utf8 (path);
+
+              g_free (path);
+              /* XXX: g_win32_locale_filename_from_utf8() may return
+               * NULL. So we need to check that path is not NULL before
+               * trying to load with fontconfig.
+               */
+              path = tmp;
+#endif
+
+              if (! path ||
+                  FcFalse == FcConfigAppFontAddFile (config, (const FcChar8 *) path))
+                {
+                  g_printerr ("%s: adding font file '%s' failed.\n",
+                              G_STRFUNC, path);
+                  if (error)
+                    {
+                      if (*error)
+                        {
+                          gchar *current_message = g_strdup ((*error)->message);
+
+                          g_clear_error (error);
+                          g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                                       "%s\n- %s", current_message, path);
+                          g_free (current_message);
+                        }
+                      else
+                        {
+                          g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                                       "- %s", path);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+              g_free (path);
+            }
+
+          g_object_unref (child);
+          g_object_unref (info);
+        }
+
+      g_object_unref (enumerator);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (error)
+        {
+          gchar *path = g_file_get_path (file);
+
+          if (*error)
+            {
+              gchar *current_message = g_strdup ((*error)->message);
+
+              g_clear_error (error);
+              g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                           "%s\n- %s%s", current_message, path,
+                           G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S);
+              g_free (current_message);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                           "- %s%s", path, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S);
+            }
+
+          g_free (path);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_add_font (GimpContainer        *container,
+                            PangoContext         *context,
+                            PangoFontDescription *desc)
+{
+  gchar *name;
+
+  if (! desc)
+    return;
+
+  name = pango_font_description_to_string (desc);
+
+  /* It doesn't look like pango_font_description_to_string() could ever
+   * return NULL. But just to be double sure and avoid a segfault, I
+   * check before validating the string.
+   */
+  if (name && strlen (name) > 0 &&
+      g_utf8_validate (name, -1, NULL))
+    {
+      GimpFont *font;
+
+      font = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_FONT,
+                           "name",          name,
+                           "pango-context", context,
+                           NULL);
+
+      gimp_container_add (container, GIMP_OBJECT (font));
+      g_object_unref (font);
+    }
+
+  g_free (name);
+}
+
+#ifdef USE_FONTCONFIG_DIRECTLY
+/* We're really chummy here with the implementation. Oh well. */
+
+/* This is copied straight from make_alias_description in pango, plus
+ * the gimp_font_list_add_font bits.
+ */
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_make_alias (GimpContainer *container,
+                              PangoContext  *context,
+                              const gchar   *family,
+                              gboolean       bold,
+                              gboolean       italic)
+{
+  PangoFontDescription *desc = pango_font_description_new ();
+
+  pango_font_description_set_family (desc, family);
+  pango_font_description_set_style (desc,
+                                    italic ?
+                                    PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC : PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL);
+  pango_font_description_set_variant (desc, PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL);
+  pango_font_description_set_weight (desc,
+                                     bold ?
+                                     PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD : PANGO_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
+  pango_font_description_set_stretch (desc, PANGO_STRETCH_NORMAL);
+
+  gimp_font_factory_add_font (container, context, desc);
+
+  pango_font_description_free (desc);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_load_aliases (GimpContainer *container,
+                                PangoContext  *context)
+{
+  const gchar *families[] = { "Sans-serif", "Serif", "Monospace" };
+  gint         i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+      gimp_font_factory_make_alias (container, context, families[i],
+                                    FALSE, FALSE);
+      gimp_font_factory_make_alias (container, context, families[i],
+                                    TRUE,  FALSE);
+      gimp_font_factory_make_alias (container, context, families[i],
+                                    FALSE, TRUE);
+      gimp_font_factory_make_alias (container, context, families[i],
+                                    TRUE,  TRUE);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_load_names (GimpContainer *container,
+                              PangoFontMap  *fontmap,
+                              PangoContext  *context)
+{
+  FcObjectSet *os;
+  FcPattern   *pat;
+  FcFontSet   *fontset;
+  gint         i;
+
+  os = FcObjectSetBuild (FC_FAMILY, FC_STYLE,
+                         FC_SLANT, FC_WEIGHT, FC_WIDTH,
+                         NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (os);
+
+  pat = FcPatternCreate ();
+  if (! pat)
+    {
+      FcObjectSetDestroy (os);
+      g_critical ("%s: FcPatternCreate() returned NULL.", G_STRFUNC);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  fontset = FcFontList (NULL, pat, os);
+
+  FcPatternDestroy (pat);
+  FcObjectSetDestroy (os);
+
+  g_return_if_fail (fontset);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < fontset->nfont; i++)
+    {
+      PangoFontDescription *desc;
+
+      desc = pango_fc_font_description_from_pattern (fontset->fonts[i], FALSE);
+      gimp_font_factory_add_font (container, context, desc);
+      pango_font_description_free (desc);
+    }
+
+  /*  only create aliases if there is at least one font available  */
+  if (fontset->nfont > 0)
+    gimp_font_factory_load_aliases (container, context);
+
+  FcFontSetDestroy (fontset);
+}
+
+#else  /* ! USE_FONTCONFIG_DIRECTLY */
+
+static void
+gimp_font_factory_load_names (GimpContainer *container,
+                              PangoFontMap  *fontmap,
+                              PangoContext  *context)
+{
+  PangoFontFamily **families;
+  PangoFontFace   **faces;
+  gint              n_families;
+  gint              n_faces;
+  gint              i, j;
+
+  pango_font_map_list_families (fontmap, &families, &n_families);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < n_families; i++)
+    {
+      pango_font_family_list_faces (families[i], &faces, &n_faces);
+
+      for (j = 0; j < n_faces; j++)
+        {
+          PangoFontDescription *desc;
+
+          desc = pango_font_face_describe (faces[j]);
+          gimp_font_factory_add_font (container, context, desc);
+          pango_font_description_free (desc);
+        }
+    }
+
+  g_free (families);
+}
+
+#endif /* USE_FONTCONFIG_DIRECTLY */
diff --git a/app/text/gimpfontfactory.h b/app/text/gimpfontfactory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c52041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimpfontfactory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * gimpfontfactory.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_FONT_FACTORY_H__
+#define __GIMP_FONT_FACTORY_H__
+
+
+#include "core/gimpdatafactory.h"
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_FONT_FACTORY            (gimp_font_factory_get_type ())
+#define GIMP_FONT_FACTORY(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_FONT_FACTORY, GimpFontFactory))
+#define GIMP_FONT_FACTORY_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_FONT_FACTORY, GimpFontFactoryClass))
+#define GIMP_IS_FONT_FACTORY(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_FONT_FACTORY))
+#define GIMP_IS_FONT_FACTORY_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_FONT_FACTORY))
+#define GIMP_FONT_FACTORY_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_FONT_FACTORY, GimpFontFactoryClass))
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpFontFactoryPrivate GimpFontFactoryPrivate;
+typedef struct _GimpFontFactoryClass   GimpFontFactoryClass;
+
+struct _GimpFontFactory
+{
+  GimpDataFactory         parent_instance;
+
+  GimpFontFactoryPrivate *priv;
+};
+
+struct _GimpFontFactoryClass
+{
+  GimpDataFactoryClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+
+GType             gimp_font_factory_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+GimpDataFactory * gimp_font_factory_new      (Gimp        *gimp,
+                                              const gchar *path_property_name);
+
+
+#endif  /*  __GIMP_FONT_FACTORY_H__  */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-compat.c b/app/text/gimptext-compat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb71f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-compat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gegl.h>
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
+
+#include "libgimpcolor/gimpcolor.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp.h"
+#include "core/gimpchannel.h"
+#include "core/gimpcontext.h"
+#include "core/gimpdatafactory.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage.h"
+#include "core/gimpdrawable.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage-undo.h"
+#include "core/gimplayer-floating-selection.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptext-compat.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer.h"
+
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+
+GimpLayer *
+text_render (GimpImage    *image,
+             GimpDrawable *drawable,
+             GimpContext  *context,
+             gint          text_x,
+             gint          text_y,
+             const gchar  *fontname,
+             const gchar  *text,
+             gint          border,
+             gboolean      antialias)
+{
+  PangoFontDescription *desc;
+  GimpText             *gtext;
+  GimpLayer            *layer;
+  GimpRGB               color;
+  gchar                *font;
+  gdouble               size;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_IMAGE (image), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (drawable == NULL || GIMP_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (drawable == NULL ||
+                        gimp_item_is_attached (GIMP_ITEM (drawable)), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_CONTEXT (context), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (fontname != NULL, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (! gimp_data_factory_data_wait (image->gimp->font_factory))
+    return NULL;
+
+  if (border < 0)
+    border = 0;
+
+  desc = pango_font_description_from_string (fontname);
+  size = PANGO_PIXELS (pango_font_description_get_size (desc));
+
+  pango_font_description_unset_fields (desc, PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE);
+  font = pango_font_description_to_string (desc);
+
+  pango_font_description_free (desc);
+
+  gimp_context_get_foreground (context, &color);
+
+  gtext = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_TEXT,
+                        "text",      text,
+                        "font",      font,
+                        "font-size", size,
+                        "antialias", antialias,
+                        "border",    border,
+                        "color",     &color,
+                        NULL);
+
+  g_free (font);
+
+  layer = gimp_text_layer_new (image, gtext);
+
+  g_object_unref (gtext);
+
+  if (!layer)
+    return NULL;
+
+  /*  Start a group undo  */
+  gimp_image_undo_group_start (image, GIMP_UNDO_GROUP_TEXT,
+                               _("Add Text Layer"));
+
+  /*  Set the layer offsets  */
+  gimp_item_set_offset (GIMP_ITEM (layer), text_x, text_y);
+
+  /*  If there is a selection mask clear it--
+   *  this might not always be desired, but in general,
+   *  it seems like the correct behavior.
+   */
+  if (! gimp_channel_is_empty (gimp_image_get_mask (image)))
+    gimp_channel_clear (gimp_image_get_mask (image), NULL, TRUE);
+
+  if (drawable == NULL)
+    {
+      /*  If the drawable is NULL, create a new layer  */
+      gimp_image_add_layer (image, layer, NULL, -1, TRUE);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /*  Otherwise, instantiate the text as the new floating selection */
+      floating_sel_attach (layer, drawable);
+    }
+
+  /*  end the group undo  */
+  gimp_image_undo_group_end (image);
+
+  return layer;
+}
+
+gboolean
+text_get_extents (Gimp        *gimp,
+                  const gchar *fontname,
+                  const gchar *text,
+                  gint        *width,
+                  gint        *height,
+                  gint        *ascent,
+                  gint        *descent)
+{
+  PangoFontDescription *font_desc;
+  PangoContext         *context;
+  PangoLayout          *layout;
+  PangoFontMap         *fontmap;
+  PangoRectangle        rect;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_GIMP (gimp), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (fontname != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  if (! gimp_data_factory_data_wait (gimp->font_factory))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  fontmap = pango_cairo_font_map_new_for_font_type (CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_FT);
+  if (! fontmap)
+    g_error ("You are using a Pango that has been built against a cairo "
+             "that lacks the Freetype font backend");
+
+  pango_cairo_font_map_set_resolution (PANGO_CAIRO_FONT_MAP (fontmap),
+                                       72.0); /* FIXME: resolution */
+  context = pango_font_map_create_context (fontmap);
+  g_object_unref (fontmap);
+
+  layout = pango_layout_new (context);
+  g_object_unref (context);
+
+  font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string (fontname);
+  pango_layout_set_font_description (layout, font_desc);
+  pango_font_description_free (font_desc);
+
+  pango_layout_set_text (layout, text, -1);
+
+  pango_layout_get_pixel_extents (layout, NULL, &rect);
+
+  if (width)
+    *width = rect.width;
+  if (height)
+    *height = rect.height;
+
+  if (ascent || descent)
+    {
+      PangoLayoutIter *iter;
+      PangoLayoutLine *line;
+
+      iter = pango_layout_get_iter (layout);
+      line = pango_layout_iter_get_line_readonly (iter);
+      pango_layout_iter_free (iter);
+
+      pango_layout_line_get_pixel_extents (line, NULL, &rect);
+
+      if (ascent)
+        *ascent = PANGO_ASCENT (rect);
+      if (descent)
+        *descent = - PANGO_DESCENT (rect);
+    }
+
+  g_object_unref (layout);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-compat.h b/app/text/gimptext-compat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e178f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_COMPAT_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_COMPAT_H__
+
+
+/* convenience functions that provide the 1.2 API, only used by the PDB */
+
+GimpLayer * text_render      (GimpImage    *image,
+                              GimpDrawable *drawable,
+                              GimpContext  *context,
+                              gint          text_x,
+                              gint          text_y,
+                              const gchar  *fontname,
+                              const gchar  *text,
+                              gint          border,
+                              gboolean      antialias);
+gboolean    text_get_extents (Gimp         *gimp,
+                              const gchar  *fontname,
+                              const gchar  *text,
+                              gint         *width,
+                              gint         *height,
+                              gint         *ascent,
+                              gint         *descent);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_COMPAT_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-parasite.c b/app/text/gimptext-parasite.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..790a5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-parasite.c
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <cairo.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+#include "libgimpcolor/gimpcolor.h"
+#include "libgimpconfig/gimpconfig.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimperror.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptext-parasite.h"
+#include "gimptext-xlfd.h"
+
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+
+/****************************************/
+/*  The native GimpTextLayer parasite.  */
+/****************************************/
+
+const gchar *
+gimp_text_parasite_name (void)
+{
+  return "gimp-text-layer";
+}
+
+GimpParasite *
+gimp_text_to_parasite (const GimpText *text)
+{
+  GimpParasite *parasite;
+  gchar        *str;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT (text), NULL);
+
+  str = gimp_config_serialize_to_string (GIMP_CONFIG (text), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, NULL);
+
+  parasite = gimp_parasite_new (gimp_text_parasite_name (),
+                                GIMP_PARASITE_PERSISTENT,
+                                strlen (str) + 1, str);
+  g_free (str);
+
+  return parasite;
+}
+
+GimpText *
+gimp_text_from_parasite (const GimpParasite  *parasite,
+                         GError             **error)
+{
+  GimpText    *text;
+  const gchar *str;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (parasite != NULL, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (strcmp (gimp_parasite_name (parasite),
+                                gimp_text_parasite_name ()) == 0, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, NULL);
+
+  str = gimp_parasite_data (parasite);
+
+  text = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_TEXT, NULL);
+
+  if (str != NULL)
+    {
+      gimp_config_deserialize_string (GIMP_CONFIG (text),
+                                      str,
+                                      gimp_parasite_data_size (parasite),
+                                      NULL,
+                                      error);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      g_set_error_literal (error, GIMP_ERROR, GIMP_FAILED,
+                           _("Empty text parasite"));
+    }
+
+  return text;
+}
+
+
+/****************************************************************/
+/*  Compatibility to plug-in GDynText 1.4.4 and later versions  */
+/*  GDynText was written by Marco Lamberto <lm@geocities.com>   */
+/****************************************************************/
+
+const gchar *
+gimp_text_gdyntext_parasite_name (void)
+{
+  return "plug_in_gdyntext/data";
+}
+
+enum
+{
+  TEXT            = 0,
+  ANTIALIAS       = 1,
+  ALIGNMENT       = 2,
+  ROTATION        = 3,
+  LINE_SPACING    = 4,
+  COLOR           = 5,
+  LAYER_ALIGNMENT = 6,
+  XLFD            = 7,
+  NUM_PARAMS
+};
+
+GimpText *
+gimp_text_from_gdyntext_parasite (const GimpParasite *parasite)
+{
+  GimpText               *retval = NULL;
+  GimpTextJustification   justify;
+  const gchar            *str;
+  gchar                  *text = NULL;
+  gchar                 **params;
+  gboolean                antialias;
+  gdouble                 spacing;
+  GimpRGB                 rgb;
+  glong                   color;
+  gint                    i;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (parasite != NULL, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (strcmp (gimp_parasite_name (parasite),
+                                gimp_text_gdyntext_parasite_name ()) == 0,
+                        NULL);
+
+  str = gimp_parasite_data (parasite);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (! g_str_has_prefix (str, "GDT10{"))  /*  magic value  */
+    return NULL;
+
+  params = g_strsplit (str + strlen ("GDT10{"), "}{", -1);
+
+  /*  first check that we have the required number of parameters  */
+  for (i = 0; i < NUM_PARAMS; i++)
+    if (!params[i])
+      goto cleanup;
+
+  text = g_strcompress (params[TEXT]);
+
+  if (! g_utf8_validate (text, -1, NULL))
+    {
+      gchar *tmp = gimp_any_to_utf8 (text, -1, NULL);
+
+      g_free (text);
+      text = tmp;
+    }
+
+  antialias = atoi (params[ANTIALIAS]) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+
+  switch (atoi (params[ALIGNMENT]))
+    {
+    default:
+    case 0:  justify = GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_LEFT;   break;
+    case 1:  justify = GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_CENTER; break;
+    case 2:  justify = GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_RIGHT;  break;
+    }
+
+  spacing = g_strtod (params[LINE_SPACING], NULL);
+
+  color = strtol (params[COLOR], NULL, 16);
+  gimp_rgba_set_uchar (&rgb, color >> 16, color >> 8, color, 255);
+
+  retval = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_TEXT,
+                         "text",         text,
+                         "antialias",    antialias,
+                         "justify",      justify,
+                         "line-spacing", spacing,
+                         "color",        &rgb,
+                         NULL);
+
+  gimp_text_set_font_from_xlfd (GIMP_TEXT (retval), params[XLFD]);
+
+ cleanup:
+  g_free (text);
+  g_strfreev (params);
+
+  return retval;
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-parasite.h b/app/text/gimptext-parasite.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d834309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-parasite.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_PARASITE_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_PARASITE_H__
+
+
+const gchar  * gimp_text_parasite_name          (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+GimpParasite * gimp_text_to_parasite            (const GimpText      *text);
+GimpText     * gimp_text_from_parasite          (const GimpParasite  *parasite,
+                                                 GError             **error);
+
+const gchar  * gimp_text_gdyntext_parasite_name (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+GimpText     * gimp_text_from_gdyntext_parasite (const GimpParasite  *parasite);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_PARASITE_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-vectors.c b/app/text/gimptext-vectors.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a6901e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-vectors.c
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText-vectors
+ * Copyright (C) 2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage.h"
+
+#include "vectors/gimpbezierstroke.h"
+#include "vectors/gimpvectors.h"
+#include "vectors/gimpanchor.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptext-vectors.h"
+#include "gimptextlayout.h"
+#include "gimptextlayout-render.h"
+
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  GimpVectors *vectors;
+  GimpStroke  *stroke;
+  GimpAnchor  *anchor;
+} RenderContext;
+
+
+static void  gimp_text_render_vectors (cairo_t       *cr,
+                                       RenderContext *context);
+
+
+GimpVectors *
+gimp_text_vectors_new (GimpImage *image,
+                       GimpText  *text)
+{
+  GimpVectors   *vectors;
+  RenderContext  context = { NULL, };
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_IMAGE (image), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT (text), NULL);
+
+  vectors = gimp_vectors_new (image, NULL);
+
+  if (text->text || text->markup)
+    {
+      GimpTextLayout  *layout;
+      cairo_surface_t *surface;
+      cairo_t         *cr;
+      gdouble          xres;
+      gdouble          yres;
+      GError          *error = NULL;
+
+      if (text->text)
+        gimp_object_set_name_safe (GIMP_OBJECT (vectors), text->text);
+
+      context.vectors = vectors;
+
+      surface = cairo_recording_surface_create (CAIRO_CONTENT_ALPHA, NULL);
+      cr = cairo_create (surface);
+
+      gimp_image_get_resolution (image, &xres, &yres);
+
+      layout = gimp_text_layout_new (text, xres, yres, &error);
+      if (error)
+        {
+          gimp_message_literal (image->gimp, NULL, GIMP_MESSAGE_ERROR, error->message);
+          g_error_free (error);
+        }
+      gimp_text_layout_render (layout, cr, text->base_dir, TRUE);
+      g_object_unref (layout);
+
+      gimp_text_render_vectors (cr, &context);
+
+      cairo_destroy (cr);
+      cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+
+      if (context.stroke)
+        gimp_stroke_close (context.stroke);
+    }
+
+  return vectors;
+}
+
+
+static inline void
+gimp_text_vector_coords (const double  x,
+                         const double  y,
+                         GimpCoords   *coords)
+{
+  const GimpCoords default_values = GIMP_COORDS_DEFAULT_VALUES;
+
+  *coords = default_values;
+
+  coords->x = x;
+  coords->y = y;
+}
+
+static gint
+moveto (RenderContext *context,
+        const double   x,
+        const double   y)
+{
+  GimpCoords     start;
+
+#if GIMP_TEXT_DEBUG
+  g_printerr ("moveto  %f, %f\n", x, y);
+#endif
+
+  gimp_text_vector_coords (x, y, &start);
+
+  if (context->stroke)
+    gimp_stroke_close (context->stroke);
+
+  context->stroke = gimp_bezier_stroke_new_moveto (&start);
+
+  gimp_vectors_stroke_add (context->vectors, context->stroke);
+  g_object_unref (context->stroke);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static gint
+lineto (RenderContext *context,
+        const double   x,
+        const double   y)
+{
+  GimpCoords     end;
+
+#if GIMP_TEXT_DEBUG
+  g_printerr ("lineto  %f, %f\n", x, y);
+#endif
+
+  if (! context->stroke)
+    return 0;
+
+  gimp_text_vector_coords (x, y, &end);
+
+  gimp_bezier_stroke_lineto (context->stroke, &end);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static gint
+cubicto (RenderContext *context,
+         const double   x1,
+         const double   y1,
+         const double   x2,
+         const double   y2,
+         const double   x3,
+         const double   y3)
+{
+  GimpCoords     control1;
+  GimpCoords     control2;
+  GimpCoords     end;
+
+#if GIMP_TEXT_DEBUG
+  g_printerr ("cubicto %f, %f\n", x3, y3);
+#endif
+
+  if (! context->stroke)
+    return 0;
+
+  gimp_text_vector_coords (x1, y1, &control1);
+  gimp_text_vector_coords (x2, y2, &control2);
+  gimp_text_vector_coords (x3, y3, &end);
+
+  gimp_bezier_stroke_cubicto (context->stroke, &control1, &control2, &end);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static gint
+closepath (RenderContext *context)
+{
+#if GIMP_TEXT_DEBUG
+  g_printerr ("moveto\n");
+#endif
+
+  if (! context->stroke)
+    return 0;
+
+  gimp_stroke_close (context->stroke);
+
+  context->stroke = NULL;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_render_vectors (cairo_t       *cr,
+                          RenderContext *context)
+{
+  cairo_path_t *path;
+  gint          i;
+
+  path = cairo_copy_path (cr);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < path->num_data; i += path->data[i].header.length)
+    {
+      cairo_path_data_t *data = &path->data[i];
+
+      /* if the drawing operation is the final moveto of the glyph,
+       * break to avoid creating an empty point. This is because cairo
+       * always adds a moveto after each closepath.
+       */
+      if (i + data->header.length >= path->num_data)
+        break;
+
+      switch (data->header.type)
+        {
+        case CAIRO_PATH_MOVE_TO:
+          moveto (context, data[1].point.x, data[1].point.y);
+          break;
+
+        case CAIRO_PATH_LINE_TO:
+          lineto (context, data[1].point.x, data[1].point.y);
+          break;
+
+        case CAIRO_PATH_CURVE_TO:
+          cubicto (context,
+                   data[1].point.x, data[1].point.y,
+                   data[2].point.x, data[2].point.y,
+                   data[3].point.x, data[3].point.y);
+          break;
+
+        case CAIRO_PATH_CLOSE_PATH:
+          closepath (context);
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  cairo_path_destroy (path);
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-vectors.h b/app/text/gimptext-vectors.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df01aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-vectors.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText-vectors
+ * Copyright (C) 2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_VECTORS_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_VECTORS_H__
+
+
+GimpVectors * gimp_text_vectors_new    (GimpImage *image,
+                                        GimpText  *text);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_VECTORS_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-xlfd.c b/app/text/gimptext-xlfd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16245b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-xlfd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2004  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * Some of this code was copied from Pango (pangox-fontmap.c)
+ * and was originally written by Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com>.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptext-xlfd.h"
+
+
+#define XLFD_MAX_FIELD_LEN 64
+
+/* These are the field numbers in the X Logical Font Description fontnames,
+   e.g. -adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--25-180-100-100-m-150-iso8859-1 */
+enum
+{
+  XLFD_FOUNDRY       = 0,
+  XLFD_FAMILY        = 1,
+  XLFD_WEIGHT        = 2,
+  XLFD_SLANT         = 3,
+  XLFD_SET_WIDTH     = 4,
+  XLFD_ADD_STYLE     = 5,
+  XLFD_PIXELS        = 6,
+  XLFD_POINTS        = 7,
+  XLFD_RESOLUTION_X  = 8,
+  XLFD_RESOLUTION_Y  = 9,
+  XLFD_SPACING       = 10,
+  XLFD_AVERAGE_WIDTH = 11,
+  XLFD_CHARSET       = 12,
+  XLFD_NUM_FIELDS
+};
+
+static gchar * gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (const gchar *fontname,
+                                         gint         field_num,
+                                         gchar       *buffer);
+static gchar * launder_font_name        (gchar       *name);
+
+
+/**
+ * gimp_text_font_name_from_xlfd:
+ * @xlfd: X Logical Font Description
+ *
+ * Attempts to extract a meaningful font name from the "family",
+ * "weight", "slant" and "stretch" fields of an X Logical Font
+ * Description.
+ *
+ * Return value: a newly allocated string.
+ **/
+gchar *
+gimp_text_font_name_from_xlfd (const gchar *xlfd)
+{
+  gchar *fields[4];
+  gchar  buffers[4][XLFD_MAX_FIELD_LEN];
+  gint   i = 0;
+
+  /*  family  */
+  fields[i] = gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (xlfd, XLFD_FAMILY, buffers[i]);
+  if (fields[i])
+    i++;
+
+  /*  weight  */
+  fields[i] = gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (xlfd, XLFD_WEIGHT, buffers[i]);
+  if (fields[i] && strcmp (fields[i], "medium"))
+    i++;
+
+  /*  slant  */
+  fields[i] = gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (xlfd, XLFD_SLANT, buffers[i]);
+  if (fields[i])
+    {
+      switch (*fields[i])
+        {
+        case 'i':
+          strcpy (buffers[i], "italic");
+          i++;
+          break;
+        case 'o':
+          strcpy (buffers[i], "oblique");
+          i++;
+          break;
+        case 'r':
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  /*  stretch  */
+  fields[i] = gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (xlfd, XLFD_SET_WIDTH, buffers[i]);
+  if (fields[i] && strcmp (fields[i], "normal"))
+    i++;
+
+  if (i < 4)
+    fields[i] = NULL;
+
+  return launder_font_name (g_strconcat (fields[0], " ",
+                                         fields[1], " ",
+                                         fields[2], " ",
+                                         fields[3], NULL));
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_text_font_size_from_xlfd:
+ * @xlfd: X Logical Font Description
+ * @size: return location for the font size
+ * @size_unit: return location for the font size unit
+ *
+ * Attempts to extract the font size from an X Logical Font
+ * Description.
+ *
+ * Return value: %TRUE on success, %FALSE otherwise.
+ **/
+gboolean
+gimp_text_font_size_from_xlfd (const gchar *xlfd,
+                               gdouble     *size,
+                               GimpUnit    *size_unit)
+{
+  gchar  buffer[XLFD_MAX_FIELD_LEN];
+  gchar *field;
+
+  if (!xlfd)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  field = gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (xlfd, XLFD_PIXELS, buffer);
+  if (field)
+    {
+      *size      = atoi (field);
+      *size_unit = GIMP_UNIT_PIXEL;
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+  field = gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (xlfd, XLFD_POINTS, buffer);
+  if (field)
+    {
+      *size      = atoi (field) / 10.0;
+      *size_unit = GIMP_UNIT_POINT;
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_text_set_font_from_xlfd:
+ * @text: a #GimpText object
+ * @xlfd: X Logical Font Description
+ *
+ * Attempts to extract font name and font size from @xlfd and sets
+ * them on the #GimpText object.
+ **/
+void
+gimp_text_set_font_from_xlfd (GimpText    *text,
+                              const gchar *xlfd)
+{
+  gchar    *font;
+  gdouble   size;
+  GimpUnit  size_unit;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT (text));
+
+  if (!xlfd)
+    return;
+
+  font = gimp_text_font_name_from_xlfd (xlfd);
+
+#if GIMP_TEXT_DEBUG
+  g_printerr ("XLFD: %s  font: %s\n", xlfd, font ? font : "(null)");
+#endif
+
+  if (gimp_text_font_size_from_xlfd (xlfd, &size, &size_unit))
+    {
+      g_object_set (text,
+                    "font-size",          size,
+                    "font-size-unit",     size_unit,
+                    font ? "font" : NULL, font,
+                    NULL);
+    }
+  else if (font)
+    {
+      g_object_set (text,
+                    "font", font,
+                    NULL);
+    }
+
+  g_free (font);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_text_get_xlfd_field:
+ * @fontname: an XLFD fontname
+ * @field_num: field index
+ * @buffer: buffer of at least XLFD_MAX_FIELD_LEN chars
+ *
+ * Fills the buffer with the specified field from the X Logical Font
+ * Description name, and returns it. Note: For the charset field, we
+ * also return the encoding, e.g. 'iso8859-1'.
+ *
+ * This function is basically copied from pangox-fontmap.c.
+ *
+ * Returns: a pointer to the filled buffer or %NULL if fontname is
+ * %NULL, the field is longer than XFLD_MAX_FIELD_LEN or it contains
+ * just an asterisk.
+ **/
+static gchar *
+gimp_text_get_xlfd_field (const gchar *fontname,
+                          gint         field_num,
+                          gchar       *buffer)
+{
+  const gchar *t1, *t2;
+  gchar       *p;
+  gint         countdown, num_dashes;
+  gsize        len;
+
+  if (!fontname)
+    return NULL;
+
+  /* we assume this is a valid fontname...that is, it has 14 fields */
+
+  for (t1 = fontname, countdown = field_num; *t1 && (countdown >= 0); t1++)
+    if (*t1 == '-')
+      countdown--;
+
+  num_dashes = (field_num == XLFD_CHARSET) ? 2 : 1;
+
+  for (t2 = t1; *t2; t2++)
+    {
+      if (*t2 == '-' && --num_dashes == 0)
+        break;
+    }
+
+  if (t2 > t1)
+    {
+      /* Check we don't overflow the buffer */
+      len = (gsize) t2 - (gsize) t1;
+      if (len > XLFD_MAX_FIELD_LEN - 1)
+        return NULL;
+
+      if (*t1 == '*')
+        return NULL;
+
+      strncpy (buffer, t1, len);
+      buffer[len] = 0;
+
+      /* Convert to lower case. */
+      for (p = buffer; *p; p++)
+        *p = g_ascii_tolower (*p);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+/* Guard against font names that end in numbers being interpreted as a
+ * font size in pango font descriptions
+ */
+static gchar *
+launder_font_name (gchar *name)
+{
+  gchar *laundered_name;
+  gchar  last_char;
+
+  last_char = name[strlen (name) - 1];
+
+  if (g_ascii_isdigit (last_char) || last_char == '.')
+    {
+      laundered_name = g_strconcat (name, ",", NULL);
+      g_free (name);
+
+      return laundered_name;
+    }
+  else
+    return name;
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext-xlfd.h b/app/text/gimptext-xlfd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a9c509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext-xlfd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_XLFD_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_XLFD_H__
+
+
+/*  handle X Logical Font Descriptions for compat  */
+
+gchar    * gimp_text_font_name_from_xlfd (const gchar *xlfd);
+gboolean   gimp_text_font_size_from_xlfd (const gchar *xlfd,
+                                          gdouble     *size,
+                                          GimpUnit    *size_unit);
+
+void       gimp_text_set_font_from_xlfd  (GimpText    *text,
+                                          const gchar *xlfd);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_COMPAT_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext.c b/app/text/gimptext.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe671a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext.c
@@ -0,0 +1,596 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <cairo.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <pango/pango.h>
+
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+#include "libgimpmath/gimpmath.h"
+#include "libgimpcolor/gimpcolor.h"
+#include "libgimpconfig/gimpconfig.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp-memsize.h"
+#include "core/gimp-utils.h"
+#include "core/gimpmarshal.h"
+#include "core/gimpstrokeoptions.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_TEXT,
+  PROP_MARKUP,
+  PROP_FONT,
+  PROP_FONT_SIZE,
+  PROP_UNIT,
+  PROP_ANTIALIAS,
+  PROP_HINT_STYLE,
+  PROP_KERNING,
+  PROP_LANGUAGE,
+  PROP_BASE_DIR,
+  PROP_COLOR,
+  PROP_OUTLINE,
+  PROP_JUSTIFICATION,
+  PROP_INDENTATION,
+  PROP_LINE_SPACING,
+  PROP_LETTER_SPACING,
+  PROP_BOX_MODE,
+  PROP_BOX_WIDTH,
+  PROP_BOX_HEIGHT,
+  PROP_BOX_UNIT,
+  PROP_TRANSFORMATION,
+  PROP_OFFSET_X,
+  PROP_OFFSET_Y,
+  PROP_BORDER,
+  /* for backward compatibility */
+  PROP_HINTING
+};
+
+enum
+{
+  CHANGED,
+  LAST_SIGNAL
+};
+
+
+static void     gimp_text_finalize                    (GObject      *object);
+static void     gimp_text_get_property                (GObject      *object,
+                                                       guint         property_id,
+                                                       GValue       *value,
+                                                       GParamSpec   *pspec);
+static void     gimp_text_set_property                (GObject      *object,
+                                                       guint         property_id,
+                                                       const GValue *value,
+                                                       GParamSpec   *pspec);
+static void     gimp_text_dispatch_properties_changed (GObject      *object,
+                                                       guint         n_pspecs,
+                                                       GParamSpec  **pspecs);
+static gint64   gimp_text_get_memsize                 (GimpObject   *object,
+                                                       gint64       *gui_size);
+
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GimpText, gimp_text, GIMP_TYPE_OBJECT,
+                         G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GIMP_TYPE_CONFIG, NULL))
+
+#define parent_class gimp_text_parent_class
+
+static guint text_signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 };
+
+
+static void
+gimp_text_class_init (GimpTextClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass    *object_class      = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpObjectClass *gimp_object_class = GIMP_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpRGB          black;
+  GimpMatrix2      identity;
+  gchar           *language;
+
+  text_signals[CHANGED] =
+    g_signal_new ("changed",
+                  G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass),
+                  G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
+                  G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GimpTextClass, changed),
+                  NULL, NULL,
+                  gimp_marshal_VOID__VOID,
+                  G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
+
+  object_class->finalize                    = gimp_text_finalize;
+  object_class->get_property                = gimp_text_get_property;
+  object_class->set_property                = gimp_text_set_property;
+  object_class->dispatch_properties_changed = gimp_text_dispatch_properties_changed;
+
+  gimp_object_class->get_memsize            = gimp_text_get_memsize;
+
+  gimp_rgba_set (&black, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, GIMP_OPACITY_OPAQUE);
+  gimp_matrix2_identity (&identity);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_STRING (object_class, PROP_TEXT,
+                           "text",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           NULL,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_STRING (object_class, PROP_MARKUP,
+                           "markup",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           NULL,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_STRING (object_class, PROP_FONT,
+                           "font",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           "Sans-serif",
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_FONT_SIZE,
+                           "font-size",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           0.0, 8192.0, 24.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  /*  We use the name "font-size-unit" for backward compatibility.
+   *  The unit is also used for other sizes in the text object.
+   */
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_UNIT (object_class, PROP_UNIT,
+                         "font-size-unit",
+                         NULL, NULL,
+                         TRUE, FALSE, GIMP_UNIT_PIXEL,
+                         GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_BOOLEAN (object_class, PROP_ANTIALIAS,
+                            "antialias",
+                            NULL, NULL,
+                            TRUE,
+                            GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_ENUM (object_class, PROP_HINT_STYLE,
+                         "hint-style",
+                         NULL, NULL,
+                         GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_HINT_STYLE,
+                         GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_MEDIUM,
+                         GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                         GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_BOOLEAN (object_class, PROP_KERNING,
+                            "kerning",
+                            NULL, NULL,
+                            FALSE,
+                            GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                            GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  language = gimp_get_default_language (NULL);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_STRING (object_class, PROP_LANGUAGE,
+                           "language",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           language,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  g_free (language);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_ENUM (object_class, PROP_BASE_DIR,
+                         "base-direction",
+                         NULL, NULL,
+                         GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_DIRECTION,
+                         GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR,
+                         GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_RGB (object_class, PROP_COLOR,
+                        "color",
+                        NULL, NULL,
+                        FALSE, &black,
+                        GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_ENUM (object_class, PROP_OUTLINE,
+                         "outline",
+                         NULL, NULL,
+                         GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_OUTLINE,
+                         GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_NONE,
+                         GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                         GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_ENUM (object_class, PROP_JUSTIFICATION,
+                         "justify",
+                         NULL, NULL,
+                         GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_JUSTIFICATION,
+                         GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_LEFT,
+                         GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_INDENTATION,
+                           "indent",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           -8192.0, 8192.0, 0.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                           GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_LINE_SPACING,
+                           "line-spacing",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           -8192.0, 8192.0, 0.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                           GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_LETTER_SPACING,
+                           "letter-spacing",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           -8192.0, 8192.0, 0.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                           GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_ENUM (object_class, PROP_BOX_MODE,
+                         "box-mode",
+                         NULL, NULL,
+                         GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_BOX_MODE,
+                         GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC,
+                         GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_BOX_WIDTH,
+                           "box-width",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           0.0, GIMP_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE, 0.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                           GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_BOX_HEIGHT,
+                           "box-height",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           0.0, GIMP_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE, 0.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                           GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_UNIT (object_class, PROP_BOX_UNIT,
+                         "box-unit",
+                         NULL, NULL,
+                         TRUE, FALSE, GIMP_UNIT_PIXEL,
+                         GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_MATRIX2 (object_class, PROP_TRANSFORMATION,
+                            "transformation",
+                            NULL, NULL,
+                            &identity,
+                            GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                            GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_OFFSET_X,
+                           "offset-x",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           -G_MAXDOUBLE, G_MAXDOUBLE, 0.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                           GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_DOUBLE (object_class, PROP_OFFSET_Y,
+                           "offset-y",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           -G_MAXDOUBLE, G_MAXDOUBLE, 0.0,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+                           GIMP_CONFIG_PARAM_DEFAULTS);
+
+  /*  border does only exist to implement the old text API  */
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_BORDER,
+                                   g_param_spec_int ("border", NULL, NULL,
+                                                     0, GIMP_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE, 0,
+                                                     G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT |
+                                                     GIMP_PARAM_WRITABLE));
+
+  /*  the old hinting options have been replaced by 'hint-style'  */
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_BOOLEAN (object_class, PROP_HINTING,
+                            "hinting",
+                            NULL, NULL,
+                            TRUE,
+                            GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_init (GimpText *text)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_finalize (GObject *object)
+{
+  GimpText *text = GIMP_TEXT (object);
+
+  g_clear_pointer (&text->text,     g_free);
+  g_clear_pointer (&text->markup,   g_free);
+  g_clear_pointer (&text->font,     g_free);
+  g_clear_pointer (&text->language, g_free);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_get_property (GObject      *object,
+                        guint         property_id,
+                        GValue       *value,
+                        GParamSpec   *pspec)
+{
+  GimpText *text = GIMP_TEXT (object);
+
+  switch (property_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_TEXT:
+      g_value_set_string (value, text->text);
+      break;
+    case PROP_MARKUP:
+      g_value_set_string (value, text->markup);
+      break;
+    case PROP_FONT:
+      g_value_set_string (value, text->font);
+      break;
+    case PROP_FONT_SIZE:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->font_size);
+      break;
+    case PROP_UNIT:
+      g_value_set_int (value, text->unit);
+      break;
+    case PROP_ANTIALIAS:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, text->antialias);
+      break;
+    case PROP_HINT_STYLE:
+      g_value_set_enum (value, text->hint_style);
+      break;
+    case PROP_KERNING:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, text->kerning);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BASE_DIR:
+      g_value_set_enum (value, text->base_dir);
+      break;
+    case PROP_LANGUAGE:
+      g_value_set_string (value, text->language);
+      break;
+    case PROP_COLOR:
+      g_value_set_boxed (value, &text->color);
+      break;
+    case PROP_OUTLINE:
+      g_value_set_enum (value, text->outline);
+      break;
+    case PROP_JUSTIFICATION:
+      g_value_set_enum (value, text->justify);
+      break;
+    case PROP_INDENTATION:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->indent);
+      break;
+    case PROP_LINE_SPACING:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->line_spacing);
+      break;
+    case PROP_LETTER_SPACING:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->letter_spacing);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_MODE:
+      g_value_set_enum (value, text->box_mode);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_WIDTH:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->box_width);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_HEIGHT:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->box_height);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_UNIT:
+      g_value_set_int (value, text->box_unit);
+      break;
+    case PROP_TRANSFORMATION:
+      g_value_set_boxed (value, &text->transformation);
+      break;
+    case PROP_OFFSET_X:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->offset_x);
+      break;
+    case PROP_OFFSET_Y:
+      g_value_set_double (value, text->offset_y);
+      break;
+    case PROP_HINTING:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value,
+                           text->hint_style != GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_NONE);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_set_property (GObject      *object,
+                        guint         property_id,
+                        const GValue *value,
+                        GParamSpec   *pspec)
+{
+  GimpText    *text = GIMP_TEXT (object);
+  GimpRGB     *color;
+  GimpMatrix2 *matrix;
+
+  switch (property_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_TEXT:
+      g_free (text->text);
+      text->text = g_value_dup_string (value);
+      if (text->text && text->markup)
+        {
+          g_clear_pointer (&text->markup, g_free);
+          g_object_notify (object, "markup");
+        }
+      break;
+    case PROP_MARKUP:
+      g_free (text->markup);
+      text->markup = g_value_dup_string (value);
+      if (text->markup && text->text)
+        {
+          g_clear_pointer (&text->text, g_free);
+          g_object_notify (object, "text");
+        }
+      break;
+    case PROP_FONT:
+      {
+        const gchar *font = g_value_get_string (value);
+
+        g_free (text->font);
+
+        if (font)
+          {
+            gsize len = strlen (font);
+
+            if (g_str_has_suffix (font, " Not-Rotated"))
+              len -= strlen ( " Not-Rotated");
+
+            text->font = g_strndup (font, len);
+          }
+        else
+          {
+            text->font = NULL;
+          }
+      }
+      break;
+    case PROP_FONT_SIZE:
+      text->font_size = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_UNIT:
+      text->unit = g_value_get_int (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_ANTIALIAS:
+      text->antialias = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_HINT_STYLE:
+      text->hint_style = g_value_get_enum (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_KERNING:
+      text->kerning = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_LANGUAGE:
+      g_free (text->language);
+      text->language = g_value_dup_string (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BASE_DIR:
+      text->base_dir = g_value_get_enum (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_COLOR:
+      color = g_value_get_boxed (value);
+      text->color = *color;
+      break;
+    case PROP_OUTLINE:
+      text->outline = g_value_get_enum (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_JUSTIFICATION:
+      text->justify = g_value_get_enum (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_INDENTATION:
+      text->indent = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_LINE_SPACING:
+      text->line_spacing = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_LETTER_SPACING:
+      text->letter_spacing = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_MODE:
+      text->box_mode = g_value_get_enum (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_WIDTH:
+      text->box_width = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_HEIGHT:
+      text->box_height = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BOX_UNIT:
+      text->box_unit = g_value_get_int (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_TRANSFORMATION:
+      matrix = g_value_get_boxed (value);
+      text->transformation = *matrix;
+      break;
+    case PROP_OFFSET_X:
+      text->offset_x = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_OFFSET_Y:
+      text->offset_y = g_value_get_double (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_BORDER:
+      text->border = g_value_get_int (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_HINTING:
+      /* interpret "hinting" only if "hint-style" has its default
+       * value, so we don't overwrite a serialized new hint-style with
+       * a compat "hinting" that is only there for old GIMP versions
+       */
+      if (text->hint_style == GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_MEDIUM)
+        text->hint_style = (g_value_get_boolean (value) ?
+                            GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_MEDIUM :
+                            GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_NONE);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_dispatch_properties_changed (GObject     *object,
+                                       guint        n_pspecs,
+                                       GParamSpec **pspecs)
+{
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->dispatch_properties_changed (object,
+                                                              n_pspecs, pspecs);
+
+  g_signal_emit (object, text_signals[CHANGED], 0);
+}
+
+static gint64
+gimp_text_get_memsize (GimpObject *object,
+                       gint64     *gui_size)
+{
+  GimpText *text    = GIMP_TEXT (object);
+  gint64    memsize = 0;
+
+  memsize += gimp_string_get_memsize (text->text);
+  memsize += gimp_string_get_memsize (text->markup);
+  memsize += gimp_string_get_memsize (text->font);
+  memsize += gimp_string_get_memsize (text->language);
+
+  return memsize + GIMP_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->get_memsize (object,
+                                                                  gui_size);
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_get_transformation (GimpText    *text,
+                              GimpMatrix3 *matrix)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT (text));
+  g_return_if_fail (matrix != NULL);
+
+  matrix->coeff[0][0] = text->transformation.coeff[0][0];
+  matrix->coeff[0][1] = text->transformation.coeff[0][1];
+  matrix->coeff[0][2] = text->offset_x;
+
+  matrix->coeff[1][0] = text->transformation.coeff[1][0];
+  matrix->coeff[1][1] = text->transformation.coeff[1][1];
+  matrix->coeff[1][2] = text->offset_y;
+
+  matrix->coeff[2][0] = 0.0;
+  matrix->coeff[2][1] = 0.0;
+  matrix->coeff[2][2] = 1.0;
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptext.h b/app/text/gimptext.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a292be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptext.h
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_H__
+
+
+#include "core/gimpobject.h"
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_TEXT            (gimp_text_get_type ())
+#define GIMP_TEXT(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT, GimpText))
+#define GIMP_TEXT_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT, GimpTextClass))
+#define GIMP_IS_TEXT(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT))
+#define GIMP_IS_TEXT_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT))
+#define GIMP_TEXT_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT, GimpTextClass))
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpTextClass  GimpTextClass;
+
+struct _GimpText
+{
+  GimpObject             parent_instance;
+
+  gchar                 *text;
+  gchar                 *markup;
+  gchar                 *font;
+  GimpUnit               unit;
+  gdouble                font_size;
+  gboolean               antialias;
+  GimpTextHintStyle      hint_style;
+  gboolean               kerning;
+  gchar                 *language;
+  GimpTextDirection      base_dir;
+  GimpRGB                color;
+  GimpTextOutline        outline;
+  GimpTextJustification  justify;
+  gdouble                indent;
+  gdouble                line_spacing;
+  gdouble                letter_spacing;
+  GimpTextBoxMode        box_mode;
+  gdouble                box_width;
+  gdouble                box_height;
+  GimpUnit               box_unit;
+  GimpMatrix2            transformation;
+  gdouble                offset_x;
+  gdouble                offset_y;
+
+  gdouble                border;
+};
+
+struct _GimpTextClass
+{
+  GimpObjectClass        parent_class;
+
+  void (* changed) (GimpText *text);
+};
+
+
+GType  gimp_text_get_type           (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+void   gimp_text_get_transformation (GimpText    *text,
+                                     GimpMatrix3 *matrix);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayer-transform.c b/app/text/gimptextlayer-transform.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20e6720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayer-transform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpTextLayer
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+
+#include "libgimpmath/gimpmath.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp-transform-utils.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage-undo.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer-transform.h"
+
+
+static GimpItemClass * gimp_text_layer_parent_class (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+static gboolean  gimp_text_layer_get_transformation  (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                                                      GimpMatrix3   *matrix);
+static gboolean  gimp_text_layer_set_transformation  (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                                                      GimpMatrix3   *matrix);
+
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_scale (GimpItem               *item,
+                       gint                    new_width,
+                       gint                    new_height,
+                       gint                    new_offset_x,
+                       gint                    new_offset_y,
+                       GimpInterpolationType   interpolation_type,
+                       GimpProgress           *progress)
+{
+  /*  TODO  */
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_text_layer_transform_flip (GimpTextLayer       *layer,
+                                GimpOrientationType  flip_type,
+                                gdouble              axis)
+{
+  GimpMatrix3  matrix;
+
+  if (! gimp_text_layer_get_transformation (layer, &matrix))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  gimp_transform_matrix_flip (&matrix, flip_type, axis);
+
+  return gimp_text_layer_set_transformation (layer, &matrix);
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_flip (GimpItem            *item,
+                      GimpContext         *context,
+                      GimpOrientationType  flip_type,
+                      gdouble              axis,
+                      gboolean             clip_result)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (item);
+
+  if (gimp_text_layer_transform_flip (layer, flip_type, axis))
+    {
+      GimpLayerMask *mask = gimp_layer_get_mask (GIMP_LAYER (layer));
+
+      if (mask)
+        gimp_item_flip (GIMP_ITEM (mask), context,
+                        flip_type, axis, clip_result);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      gimp_text_layer_parent_class ()->flip (item, context,
+                                             flip_type, axis, clip_result);
+    }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_text_layer_transform_rotate (GimpTextLayer    *layer,
+                                  GimpRotationType  rotate_type,
+                                  gdouble           center_x,
+                                  gdouble           center_y)
+{
+  GimpMatrix3  matrix;
+
+  if (! gimp_text_layer_get_transformation (layer, &matrix))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  gimp_transform_matrix_rotate (&matrix, rotate_type, center_x, center_y);
+
+  return gimp_text_layer_set_transformation (layer, &matrix);
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_rotate (GimpItem         *item,
+                        GimpContext      *context,
+                        GimpRotationType  rotate_type,
+                        gdouble           center_x,
+                        gdouble           center_y,
+                        gboolean          clip_result)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (item);
+
+  if (! gimp_text_layer_transform_rotate (layer,
+                                          rotate_type, center_x, center_y))
+    {
+      GimpLayerMask *mask = gimp_layer_get_mask (GIMP_LAYER (layer));
+
+      if (mask)
+        gimp_item_rotate (GIMP_ITEM (mask), context,
+                          rotate_type, center_x, center_y, clip_result);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      gimp_text_layer_parent_class ()->rotate (item, context,
+                                               rotate_type, center_x, center_y,
+                                               clip_result);
+    }
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_transform (GimpItem               *item,
+                           GimpContext            *context,
+                           const GimpMatrix3      *matrix,
+                           GimpTransformDirection  direction,
+                           GimpInterpolationType   interpolation_type,
+                           gboolean                supersample,
+                           GimpTransformResize     clip_result,
+                           GimpProgress           *progress)
+{
+  /*  TODO  */
+}
+
+static GimpItemClass *
+gimp_text_layer_parent_class (void)
+{
+  static GimpItemClass *parent_class = NULL;
+
+  if (! parent_class)
+    {
+      gpointer klass = g_type_class_peek (GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER);
+
+      parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
+    }
+
+  return parent_class;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_text_layer_get_transformation (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                                    GimpMatrix3   *matrix)
+{
+  if (! layer->text || layer->modified)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  gimp_text_get_transformation (layer->text, matrix);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_text_layer_set_transformation (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                                    GimpMatrix3   *matrix)
+{
+  GimpMatrix2  trafo;
+
+  if (! gimp_matrix3_is_affine (matrix))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  trafo.coeff[0][0] = matrix->coeff[0][0];
+  trafo.coeff[0][1] = matrix->coeff[0][1];
+  trafo.coeff[1][0] = matrix->coeff[1][0];
+  trafo.coeff[1][1] = matrix->coeff[1][1];
+
+  gimp_text_layer_set (GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (layer), NULL,
+                       "transformation", &trafo,
+                       "offset-x",       matrix->coeff[0][2],
+                       "offset-y",       matrix->coeff[1][2],
+                       NULL);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayer-transform.h b/app/text/gimptextlayer-transform.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf17a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayer-transform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpTextLayer
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_TRANSFORM_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_TRANSFORM_H__
+
+
+void  gimp_text_layer_scale     (GimpItem               *item,
+                                 gint                    new_width,
+                                 gint                    new_height,
+                                 gint                    new_offset_x,
+                                 gint                    new_offset_y,
+                                 GimpInterpolationType   interpolation_type,
+                                 GimpProgress           *progress);
+void  gimp_text_layer_flip      (GimpItem               *item,
+                                 GimpContext            *context,
+                                 GimpOrientationType     flip_type,
+                                 gdouble                 axis,
+                                 gboolean                clip_result);
+void  gimp_text_layer_rotate    (GimpItem               *item,
+                                 GimpContext            *context,
+                                 GimpRotationType        rotate_type,
+                                 gdouble                 center_x,
+                                 gdouble                 center_y,
+                                 gboolean                clip_result);
+void  gimp_text_layer_transform (GimpItem               *item,
+                                 GimpContext            *context,
+                                 const GimpMatrix3      *matrix,
+                                 GimpTransformDirection  direction,
+                                 GimpInterpolationType   interpolation_type,
+                                 gboolean                supersample,
+                                 GimpTransformResize     clip_result,
+                                 GimpProgress           *progress);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_TRANSFORM_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayer-xcf.c b/app/text/gimptextlayer-xcf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33452a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayer-xcf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+#include <cairo.h>
+
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp.h"
+#include "core/gimpdrawable-private.h" /* eek */
+#include "core/gimpimage.h"
+#include "core/gimpparasitelist.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptext-parasite.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer-xcf.h"
+
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+
+enum
+{
+  TEXT_LAYER_XCF_NONE              = 0,
+  TEXT_LAYER_XCF_DONT_AUTO_RENAME  = 1 << 0,
+  TEXT_LAYER_XCF_MODIFIED          = 1 << 1
+};
+
+
+static GimpLayer * gimp_text_layer_from_layer (GimpLayer *layer,
+                                               GimpText  *text);
+
+
+gboolean
+gimp_text_layer_xcf_load_hack (GimpLayer **layer)
+{
+  const gchar        *name;
+  GimpText           *text = NULL;
+  const GimpParasite *parasite;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (layer != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_LAYER (*layer), FALSE);
+
+  name = gimp_text_parasite_name ();
+  parasite = gimp_item_parasite_find (GIMP_ITEM (*layer), name);
+
+  if (parasite)
+    {
+      GError *error = NULL;
+
+      text = gimp_text_from_parasite (parasite, &error);
+
+      if (error)
+        {
+          gimp_message (gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (*layer))->gimp, NULL,
+                        GIMP_MESSAGE_ERROR,
+                        _("Problems parsing the text parasite for layer '%s':\n"
+                          "%s\n\n"
+                          "Some text properties may be wrong. "
+                          "Unless you want to edit the text layer, "
+                          "you don't need to worry about this."),
+                        gimp_object_get_name (*layer),
+                        error->message);
+          g_clear_error (&error);
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      name = gimp_text_gdyntext_parasite_name ();
+
+      parasite = gimp_item_parasite_find (GIMP_ITEM (*layer), name);
+
+      if (parasite)
+        text = gimp_text_from_gdyntext_parasite (parasite);
+    }
+
+  if (text)
+    {
+      *layer = gimp_text_layer_from_layer (*layer, text);
+
+      /*  let the text layer knows what parasite was used to create it  */
+      GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (*layer)->text_parasite = name;
+    }
+
+  return (text != NULL);
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_xcf_save_prepare (GimpTextLayer *layer)
+{
+  GimpText *text;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (layer));
+
+  /*  If the layer has a text parasite already, it wasn't changed and we
+   *  can simply save the original parasite back which is still attached.
+   */
+  if (layer->text_parasite)
+    return;
+
+  text = gimp_text_layer_get_text (layer);
+  if (text)
+    {
+      GimpParasite *parasite = gimp_text_to_parasite (text);
+
+      /*  Don't push an undo because the parasite only exists temporarily
+       *  while the text layer is saved to XCF.
+       */
+      gimp_item_parasite_attach (GIMP_ITEM (layer), parasite, FALSE);
+
+      gimp_parasite_free (parasite);
+    }
+}
+
+guint32
+gimp_text_layer_get_xcf_flags (GimpTextLayer *text_layer)
+{
+  guint flags = 0;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (text_layer), 0);
+
+  if (! text_layer->auto_rename)
+    flags |= TEXT_LAYER_XCF_DONT_AUTO_RENAME;
+
+  if (text_layer->modified)
+    flags |= TEXT_LAYER_XCF_MODIFIED;
+
+  return flags;
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_set_xcf_flags (GimpTextLayer *text_layer,
+                               guint32        flags)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (text_layer));
+
+  g_object_set (text_layer,
+                "auto-rename", (flags & TEXT_LAYER_XCF_DONT_AUTO_RENAME) == 0,
+                "modified",    (flags & TEXT_LAYER_XCF_MODIFIED)         != 0,
+                NULL);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * gimp_text_layer_from_layer:
+ * @layer: a #GimpLayer object
+ * @text: a #GimpText object
+ *
+ * Converts a standard #GimpLayer and a #GimpText object into a
+ * #GimpTextLayer. The new text layer takes ownership of the @text and
+ * @layer objects.  The @layer object is rendered unusable by this
+ * function. Don't even try to use if afterwards!
+ *
+ * This is a gross hack that is needed in order to load text layers
+ * from XCF files in a backwards-compatible way. Please don't use it
+ * for anything else!
+ *
+ * Return value: a newly allocated #GimpTextLayer object
+ **/
+static GimpLayer *
+gimp_text_layer_from_layer (GimpLayer *layer,
+                            GimpText  *text)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *text_layer;
+  GimpDrawable  *drawable;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_LAYER (layer), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT (text), NULL);
+
+  text_layer = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER,
+                             "image", gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (layer)),
+                             NULL);
+
+  gimp_item_replace_item (GIMP_ITEM (text_layer), GIMP_ITEM (layer));
+
+  drawable = GIMP_DRAWABLE (text_layer);
+
+  gimp_drawable_steal_buffer (drawable, GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer));
+
+  gimp_layer_set_opacity         (GIMP_LAYER (text_layer),
+                                  gimp_layer_get_opacity (layer), FALSE);
+  gimp_layer_set_mode            (GIMP_LAYER (text_layer),
+                                  gimp_layer_get_mode (layer), FALSE);
+  gimp_layer_set_blend_space     (GIMP_LAYER (text_layer),
+                                  gimp_layer_get_blend_space (layer), FALSE);
+  gimp_layer_set_composite_space (GIMP_LAYER (text_layer),
+                                  gimp_layer_get_composite_space (layer), FALSE);
+  gimp_layer_set_composite_mode  (GIMP_LAYER (text_layer),
+                                  gimp_layer_get_composite_mode (layer), FALSE);
+  gimp_layer_set_lock_alpha      (GIMP_LAYER (text_layer),
+                                  gimp_layer_get_lock_alpha (layer), FALSE);
+
+  gimp_text_layer_set_text (text_layer, text);
+
+  g_object_unref (text);
+  g_object_unref (layer);
+
+  return GIMP_LAYER (text_layer);
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayer-xcf.h b/app/text/gimptextlayer-xcf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d08dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayer-xcf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_XCF_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_XCF_H__
+
+
+gboolean  gimp_text_layer_xcf_load_hack    (GimpLayer     **layer);
+
+void      gimp_text_layer_xcf_save_prepare (GimpTextLayer  *text_layer);
+
+guint32   gimp_text_layer_get_xcf_flags    (GimpTextLayer  *text_layer);
+void      gimp_text_layer_set_xcf_flags    (GimpTextLayer  *text_layer,
+                                            guint32         flags);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_XCF_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayer.c b/app/text/gimptextlayer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb4146a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,861 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpTextLayer
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2004  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <cairo.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
+
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+#include "libgimpcolor/gimpcolor.h"
+#include "libgimpconfig/gimpconfig.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "gegl/gimp-babl.h"
+#include "gegl/gimp-gegl-loops.h"
+#include "gegl/gimp-gegl-utils.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp.h"
+#include "core/gimp-utils.h"
+#include "core/gimpcontext.h"
+#include "core/gimpcontainer.h"
+#include "core/gimpdatafactory.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage-color-profile.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage-undo.h"
+#include "core/gimpimage-undo-push.h"
+#include "core/gimpitemtree.h"
+#include "core/gimpparasitelist.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer-transform.h"
+#include "gimptextlayout.h"
+#include "gimptextlayout-render.h"
+
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_TEXT,
+  PROP_AUTO_RENAME,
+  PROP_MODIFIED
+};
+
+struct _GimpTextLayerPrivate
+{
+  GimpTextDirection base_dir;
+};
+
+static void       gimp_text_layer_finalize       (GObject           *object);
+static void       gimp_text_layer_get_property   (GObject           *object,
+                                                  guint              property_id,
+                                                  GValue            *value,
+                                                  GParamSpec        *pspec);
+static void       gimp_text_layer_set_property   (GObject           *object,
+                                                  guint              property_id,
+                                                  const GValue      *value,
+                                                  GParamSpec        *pspec);
+
+static gint64     gimp_text_layer_get_memsize    (GimpObject        *object,
+                                                  gint64            *gui_size);
+
+static GimpItem * gimp_text_layer_duplicate      (GimpItem          *item,
+                                                  GType              new_type);
+static gboolean   gimp_text_layer_rename         (GimpItem          *item,
+                                                  const gchar       *new_name,
+                                                  const gchar       *undo_desc,
+                                                  GError           **error);
+
+static void       gimp_text_layer_set_buffer     (GimpDrawable      *drawable,
+                                                  gboolean           push_undo,
+                                                  const gchar       *undo_desc,
+                                                  GeglBuffer        *buffer,
+                                                  const GeglRectangle *bounds);
+static void       gimp_text_layer_push_undo      (GimpDrawable      *drawable,
+                                                  const gchar       *undo_desc,
+                                                  GeglBuffer        *buffer,
+                                                  gint               x,
+                                                  gint               y,
+                                                  gint               width,
+                                                  gint               height);
+
+static void       gimp_text_layer_convert_type   (GimpLayer         *layer,
+                                                  GimpImage         *dest_image,
+                                                  const Babl        *new_format,
+                                                  GimpColorProfile  *dest_profile,
+                                                  GeglDitherMethod   layer_dither_type,
+                                                  GeglDitherMethod   mask_dither_type,
+                                                  gboolean           push_undo,
+                                                  GimpProgress      *progress);
+
+static void       gimp_text_layer_text_changed   (GimpTextLayer     *layer);
+static gboolean   gimp_text_layer_render         (GimpTextLayer     *layer);
+static void       gimp_text_layer_render_layout  (GimpTextLayer     *layer,
+                                                  GimpTextLayout    *layout);
+
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (GimpTextLayer, gimp_text_layer, GIMP_TYPE_LAYER)
+
+#define parent_class gimp_text_layer_parent_class
+
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_class_init (GimpTextLayerClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass      *object_class      = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpObjectClass   *gimp_object_class = GIMP_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpViewableClass *viewable_class    = GIMP_VIEWABLE_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpItemClass     *item_class        = GIMP_ITEM_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpDrawableClass *drawable_class    = GIMP_DRAWABLE_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpLayerClass    *layer_class       = GIMP_LAYER_CLASS (klass);
+
+  object_class->finalize            = gimp_text_layer_finalize;
+  object_class->get_property        = gimp_text_layer_get_property;
+  object_class->set_property        = gimp_text_layer_set_property;
+
+  gimp_object_class->get_memsize    = gimp_text_layer_get_memsize;
+
+  viewable_class->default_icon_name = "gimp-text-layer";
+
+  item_class->duplicate             = gimp_text_layer_duplicate;
+  item_class->rename                = gimp_text_layer_rename;
+
+#if 0
+  item_class->scale                 = gimp_text_layer_scale;
+  item_class->flip                  = gimp_text_layer_flip;
+  item_class->rotate                = gimp_text_layer_rotate;
+  item_class->transform             = gimp_text_layer_transform;
+#endif
+
+  item_class->default_name          = _("Text Layer");
+  item_class->rename_desc           = _("Rename Text Layer");
+  item_class->translate_desc        = _("Move Text Layer");
+  item_class->scale_desc            = _("Scale Text Layer");
+  item_class->resize_desc           = _("Resize Text Layer");
+  item_class->flip_desc             = _("Flip Text Layer");
+  item_class->rotate_desc           = _("Rotate Text Layer");
+  item_class->transform_desc        = _("Transform Text Layer");
+
+  drawable_class->set_buffer        = gimp_text_layer_set_buffer;
+  drawable_class->push_undo         = gimp_text_layer_push_undo;
+
+  layer_class->convert_type         = gimp_text_layer_convert_type;
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_OBJECT (object_class, PROP_TEXT,
+                           "text",
+                           NULL, NULL,
+                           GIMP_TYPE_TEXT,
+                           GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_BOOLEAN (object_class, PROP_AUTO_RENAME,
+                            "auto-rename",
+                            NULL, NULL,
+                            TRUE,
+                            GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_BOOLEAN (object_class, PROP_MODIFIED,
+                            "modified",
+                            NULL, NULL,
+                            FALSE,
+                            GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_init (GimpTextLayer *layer)
+{
+  layer->text          = NULL;
+  layer->text_parasite = NULL;
+  layer->private       = gimp_text_layer_get_instance_private (layer);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_finalize (GObject *object)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (object);
+
+  g_clear_object (&layer->text);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_get_property (GObject      *object,
+                              guint         property_id,
+                              GValue       *value,
+                              GParamSpec   *pspec)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *text_layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (object);
+
+  switch (property_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_TEXT:
+      g_value_set_object (value, text_layer->text);
+      break;
+    case PROP_AUTO_RENAME:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, text_layer->auto_rename);
+      break;
+    case PROP_MODIFIED:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, text_layer->modified);
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_set_property (GObject      *object,
+                              guint         property_id,
+                              const GValue *value,
+                              GParamSpec   *pspec)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *text_layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (object);
+
+  switch (property_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_TEXT:
+      gimp_text_layer_set_text (text_layer, g_value_get_object (value));
+      break;
+    case PROP_AUTO_RENAME:
+      text_layer->auto_rename = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
+    case PROP_MODIFIED:
+      text_layer->modified = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+static gint64
+gimp_text_layer_get_memsize (GimpObject *object,
+                             gint64     *gui_size)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *text_layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (object);
+  gint64         memsize    = 0;
+
+  memsize += gimp_object_get_memsize (GIMP_OBJECT (text_layer->text),
+                                      gui_size);
+
+  return memsize + GIMP_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->get_memsize (object,
+                                                                  gui_size);
+}
+
+static GimpItem *
+gimp_text_layer_duplicate (GimpItem *item,
+                           GType     new_type)
+{
+  GimpItem *new_item;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (g_type_is_a (new_type, GIMP_TYPE_DRAWABLE), NULL);
+
+  new_item = GIMP_ITEM_CLASS (parent_class)->duplicate (item, new_type);
+
+  if (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (new_item))
+    {
+      GimpTextLayer *layer     = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (item);
+      GimpTextLayer *new_layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (new_item);
+
+      gimp_config_sync (G_OBJECT (layer), G_OBJECT (new_layer), 0);
+
+      if (layer->text)
+        {
+          GimpText *text = gimp_config_duplicate (GIMP_CONFIG (layer->text));
+
+          gimp_text_layer_set_text (new_layer, text);
+
+          g_object_unref (text);
+        }
+
+      /*  this is just the parasite name, not a pointer to the parasite  */
+      if (layer->text_parasite)
+        new_layer->text_parasite = layer->text_parasite;
+
+      new_layer->private->base_dir = layer->private->base_dir;
+    }
+
+  return new_item;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_text_layer_rename (GimpItem     *item,
+                        const gchar  *new_name,
+                        const gchar  *undo_desc,
+                        GError      **error)
+{
+  if (GIMP_ITEM_CLASS (parent_class)->rename (item, new_name, undo_desc, error))
+    {
+      g_object_set (item, "auto-rename", FALSE, NULL);
+
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_set_buffer (GimpDrawable        *drawable,
+                            gboolean             push_undo,
+                            const gchar         *undo_desc,
+                            GeglBuffer          *buffer,
+                            const GeglRectangle *bounds)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (drawable);
+  GimpImage     *image = gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (layer));
+
+  if (push_undo && ! layer->modified)
+    gimp_image_undo_group_start (image, GIMP_UNDO_GROUP_DRAWABLE_MOD,
+                                 undo_desc);
+
+  GIMP_DRAWABLE_CLASS (parent_class)->set_buffer (drawable,
+                                                  push_undo, undo_desc,
+                                                  buffer, bounds);
+
+  if (push_undo && ! layer->modified)
+    {
+      gimp_image_undo_push_text_layer_modified (image, NULL, layer);
+
+      g_object_set (drawable, "modified", TRUE, NULL);
+
+      gimp_image_undo_group_end (image);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_push_undo (GimpDrawable *drawable,
+                           const gchar  *undo_desc,
+                           GeglBuffer   *buffer,
+                           gint          x,
+                           gint          y,
+                           gint          width,
+                           gint          height)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (drawable);
+  GimpImage     *image = gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (layer));
+
+  if (! layer->modified)
+    gimp_image_undo_group_start (image, GIMP_UNDO_GROUP_DRAWABLE, undo_desc);
+
+  GIMP_DRAWABLE_CLASS (parent_class)->push_undo (drawable, undo_desc,
+                                                 buffer,
+                                                 x, y, width, height);
+
+  if (! layer->modified)
+    {
+      gimp_image_undo_push_text_layer_modified (image, NULL, layer);
+
+      g_object_set (drawable, "modified", TRUE, NULL);
+
+      gimp_image_undo_group_end (image);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_convert_type (GimpLayer         *layer,
+                              GimpImage         *dest_image,
+                              const Babl        *new_format,
+                              GimpColorProfile  *dest_profile,
+                              GeglDitherMethod   layer_dither_type,
+                              GeglDitherMethod   mask_dither_type,
+                              gboolean           push_undo,
+                              GimpProgress      *progress)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *text_layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (layer);
+  GimpImage     *image      = gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (text_layer));
+
+  if (! text_layer->text   ||
+      text_layer->modified ||
+      layer_dither_type != GEGL_DITHER_NONE)
+    {
+      GIMP_LAYER_CLASS (parent_class)->convert_type (layer, dest_image,
+                                                     new_format,
+                                                     dest_profile,
+                                                     layer_dither_type,
+                                                     mask_dither_type,
+                                                     push_undo,
+                                                     progress);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (push_undo)
+        gimp_image_undo_push_text_layer_convert (image, NULL, text_layer);
+
+      text_layer->convert_format = new_format;
+
+      gimp_text_layer_render (text_layer);
+
+      text_layer->convert_format = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+
+/*  public functions  */
+
+/**
+ * gimp_text_layer_new:
+ * @image: the #GimpImage the layer should belong to
+ * @text: a #GimpText object
+ *
+ * Creates a new text layer.
+ *
+ * Return value: a new #GimpTextLayer or %NULL in case of a problem
+ **/
+GimpLayer *
+gimp_text_layer_new (GimpImage *image,
+                     GimpText  *text)
+{
+  GimpTextLayer *layer;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_IMAGE (image), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT (text), NULL);
+
+  if (! text->text && ! text->markup)
+    return NULL;
+
+  layer =
+    GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (gimp_drawable_new (GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER,
+                                        image, NULL,
+                                        0, 0, 1, 1,
+                                        gimp_image_get_layer_format (image,
+                                                                     TRUE)));
+
+  gimp_layer_set_mode (GIMP_LAYER (layer),
+                       gimp_image_get_default_new_layer_mode (image),
+                       FALSE);
+
+  gimp_text_layer_set_text (layer, text);
+
+  if (! gimp_text_layer_render (layer))
+    {
+      g_object_unref (layer);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  return GIMP_LAYER (layer);
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_set_text (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                          GimpText      *text)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (layer));
+  g_return_if_fail (text == NULL || GIMP_IS_TEXT (text));
+
+  if (layer->text == text)
+    return;
+
+  if (layer->text)
+    {
+      g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (layer->text,
+                                            G_CALLBACK (gimp_text_layer_text_changed),
+                                            layer);
+
+      g_clear_object (&layer->text);
+    }
+
+  if (text)
+    {
+      layer->text = g_object_ref (text);
+      layer->private->base_dir = layer->text->base_dir;
+
+      g_signal_connect_object (text, "changed",
+                               G_CALLBACK (gimp_text_layer_text_changed),
+                               layer, G_CONNECT_SWAPPED);
+    }
+
+  g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (layer), "text");
+  gimp_viewable_invalidate_preview (GIMP_VIEWABLE (layer));
+}
+
+GimpText *
+gimp_text_layer_get_text (GimpTextLayer *layer)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (layer), NULL);
+
+  return layer->text;
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layer_set (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                     const gchar   *undo_desc,
+                     const gchar   *first_property_name,
+                     ...)
+{
+  GimpImage *image;
+  GimpText  *text;
+  va_list    var_args;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (gimp_item_is_text_layer (GIMP_ITEM (layer)));
+  g_return_if_fail (gimp_item_is_attached (GIMP_ITEM (layer)));
+
+  text = gimp_text_layer_get_text (layer);
+  if (! text)
+    return;
+
+  image = gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (layer));
+
+  gimp_image_undo_group_start (image, GIMP_UNDO_GROUP_TEXT, undo_desc);
+
+  g_object_freeze_notify (G_OBJECT (layer));
+
+  if (layer->modified)
+    {
+      gimp_image_undo_push_text_layer_modified (image, NULL, layer);
+
+      /*  pass copy_tiles = TRUE so we not only ref the tiles; after
+       *  being a text layer again, undo doesn't care about the
+       *  layer's pixels any longer because they are generated, so
+       *  changing the text would happily overwrite the layer's
+       *  pixels, changing the pixels on the undo stack too without
+       *  any chance to ever undo again.
+       */
+      gimp_image_undo_push_drawable_mod (image, NULL,
+                                         GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer), TRUE);
+    }
+
+  gimp_image_undo_push_text_layer (image, undo_desc, layer, NULL);
+
+  va_start (var_args, first_property_name);
+
+  g_object_set_valist (G_OBJECT (text), first_property_name, var_args);
+
+  va_end (var_args);
+
+  g_object_set (layer, "modified", FALSE, NULL);
+
+  g_object_thaw_notify (G_OBJECT (layer));
+
+  gimp_image_undo_group_end (image);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_text_layer_discard:
+ * @layer: a #GimpTextLayer
+ *
+ * Discards the text information. This makes @layer behave like a
+ * normal layer.
+ */
+void
+gimp_text_layer_discard (GimpTextLayer *layer)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (layer));
+  g_return_if_fail (gimp_item_is_attached (GIMP_ITEM (layer)));
+
+  if (! layer->text)
+    return;
+
+  gimp_image_undo_push_text_layer (gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (layer)),
+                                   _("Discard Text Information"),
+                                   layer, NULL);
+
+  gimp_text_layer_set_text (layer, NULL);
+}
+
+gboolean
+gimp_item_is_text_layer (GimpItem *item)
+{
+  return (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (item)    &&
+          GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (item)->text &&
+          GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (item)->modified == FALSE);
+}
+
+
+/*  private functions  */
+
+static const Babl *
+gimp_text_layer_get_format (GimpTextLayer *layer)
+{
+  if (layer->convert_format)
+    return layer->convert_format;
+
+  return gimp_drawable_get_format (GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer));
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_text_changed (GimpTextLayer *layer)
+{
+  /*  If the text layer was created from a parasite, it's time to
+   *  remove that parasite now.
+   */
+  if (layer->text_parasite)
+    {
+      /*  Don't push an undo because the parasite only exists temporarily
+       *  while the text layer is loaded from XCF.
+       */
+      gimp_item_parasite_detach (GIMP_ITEM (layer), layer->text_parasite,
+                                 FALSE);
+      layer->text_parasite = NULL;
+    }
+
+  if (layer->text->box_mode == GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC)
+    {
+      gint                old_width;
+      gint                new_width;
+      GimpItem           *item         = GIMP_ITEM (layer);
+      GimpTextDirection   old_base_dir = layer->private->base_dir;
+      GimpTextDirection   new_base_dir = layer->text->base_dir;
+
+      old_width = gimp_item_get_width (item);
+      gimp_text_layer_render (layer);
+      new_width = gimp_item_get_width (item);
+
+      if (old_base_dir != new_base_dir)
+        {
+          switch (old_base_dir)
+            {
+            case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR:
+            case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL:
+            case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR:
+            case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR_UPRIGHT:
+              switch (new_base_dir)
+                {
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL_UPRIGHT:
+                  gimp_item_translate (item, -new_width, 0, FALSE);
+                  break;
+
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR_UPRIGHT:
+                  break;
+                }
+              break;
+
+            case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL:
+            case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL_UPRIGHT:
+              switch (new_base_dir)
+                {
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR_UPRIGHT:
+                  gimp_item_translate (item, old_width, 0, FALSE);
+                  break;
+
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL:
+                case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL_UPRIGHT:
+                  break;
+                }
+              break;
+            }
+        }
+      else if ((new_base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL ||
+              new_base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL_UPRIGHT))
+        {
+          if (old_width != new_width)
+            gimp_item_translate (item, old_width - new_width, 0, FALSE);
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    gimp_text_layer_render (layer);
+
+  layer->private->base_dir = layer->text->base_dir;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_text_layer_render (GimpTextLayer *layer)
+{
+  GimpDrawable   *drawable;
+  GimpItem       *item;
+  GimpImage      *image;
+  GimpContainer  *container;
+  GimpTextLayout *layout;
+  gdouble         xres;
+  gdouble         yres;
+  gint            width;
+  gint            height;
+  GError         *error = NULL;
+
+  if (! layer->text)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  drawable  = GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer);
+  item      = GIMP_ITEM (layer);
+  image     = gimp_item_get_image (item);
+  container = gimp_data_factory_get_container (image->gimp->font_factory);
+
+  gimp_data_factory_data_wait (image->gimp->font_factory);
+
+  if (gimp_container_is_empty (container))
+    {
+      gimp_message_literal (image->gimp, NULL, GIMP_MESSAGE_ERROR,
+                            _("Due to lack of any fonts, "
+                              "text functionality is not available."));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  gimp_image_get_resolution (image, &xres, &yres);
+
+  layout = gimp_text_layout_new (layer->text, xres, yres, &error);
+  if (error)
+    {
+      gimp_message_literal (image->gimp, NULL, GIMP_MESSAGE_ERROR, error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+    }
+
+  g_object_freeze_notify (G_OBJECT (drawable));
+
+  if (gimp_text_layout_get_size (layout, &width, &height) &&
+      (width  != gimp_item_get_width  (item) ||
+       height != gimp_item_get_height (item) ||
+       gimp_text_layer_get_format (layer) !=
+       gimp_drawable_get_format (drawable)))
+    {
+      GeglBuffer *new_buffer;
+
+      new_buffer = gegl_buffer_new (GEGL_RECTANGLE (0, 0, width, height),
+                                    gimp_text_layer_get_format (layer));
+      gimp_drawable_set_buffer (drawable, FALSE, NULL, new_buffer);
+      g_object_unref (new_buffer);
+
+      if (gimp_layer_get_mask (GIMP_LAYER (layer)))
+        {
+          GimpLayerMask *mask = gimp_layer_get_mask (GIMP_LAYER (layer));
+
+          static GimpContext *unused_eek = NULL;
+
+          if (! unused_eek)
+            unused_eek = gimp_context_new (image->gimp, "eek", NULL);
+
+          gimp_item_resize (GIMP_ITEM (mask),
+                            unused_eek, GIMP_FILL_TRANSPARENT,
+                            width, height, 0, 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+  if (layer->auto_rename)
+    {
+      GimpItem *item = GIMP_ITEM (layer);
+      gchar    *name = NULL;
+
+      if (layer->text->text)
+        {
+          name = gimp_utf8_strtrim (layer->text->text, 30);
+        }
+      else if (layer->text->markup)
+        {
+          gchar *tmp = gimp_markup_extract_text (layer->text->markup);
+          name = gimp_utf8_strtrim (tmp, 30);
+          g_free (tmp);
+        }
+
+      if (! name || ! name[0])
+        {
+          g_free (name);
+          name = g_strdup (_("Empty Text Layer"));
+        }
+
+      if (gimp_item_is_attached (item))
+        {
+          gimp_item_tree_rename_item (gimp_item_get_tree (item), item,
+                                      name, FALSE, NULL);
+          g_free (name);
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          gimp_object_take_name (GIMP_OBJECT (layer), name);
+        }
+    }
+
+  if (width > 0 && height > 0)
+    gimp_text_layer_render_layout (layer, layout);
+
+  g_object_unref (layout);
+
+  g_object_thaw_notify (G_OBJECT (drawable));
+
+  return (width > 0 && height > 0);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layer_render_layout (GimpTextLayer  *layer,
+                               GimpTextLayout *layout)
+{
+  GimpDrawable       *drawable = GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer);
+  GimpItem           *item     = GIMP_ITEM (layer);
+  GimpImage          *image    = gimp_item_get_image (item);
+  GeglBuffer         *buffer;
+  GimpColorTransform *transform;
+  cairo_t            *cr;
+  cairo_surface_t    *surface;
+  gint                width;
+  gint                height;
+  cairo_status_t      status;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (gimp_drawable_has_alpha (drawable));
+
+  width  = gimp_item_get_width  (item);
+  height = gimp_item_get_height (item);
+
+  surface = cairo_image_surface_create (CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, width, height);
+  status = cairo_surface_status (surface);
+
+  if (status != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      GimpImage *image = gimp_item_get_image (item);
+
+      gimp_message_literal (image->gimp, NULL, GIMP_MESSAGE_ERROR,
+                            _("Your text cannot be rendered. It is likely too big. "
+                              "Please make it shorter or use a smaller font."));
+      cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  cr = cairo_create (surface);
+  gimp_text_layout_render (layout, cr, layer->text->base_dir, FALSE);
+  cairo_destroy (cr);
+
+  cairo_surface_flush (surface);
+
+  buffer = gimp_cairo_surface_create_buffer (surface);
+
+  transform = gimp_image_get_color_transform_from_srgb_u8 (image);
+
+  if (transform)
+    {
+      gimp_color_transform_process_buffer (transform,
+                                           buffer,
+                                           NULL,
+                                           gimp_drawable_get_buffer (drawable),
+                                           NULL);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      gimp_gegl_buffer_copy (buffer, NULL, GEGL_ABYSS_NONE,
+                             gimp_drawable_get_buffer (drawable), NULL);
+    }
+
+  g_object_unref (buffer);
+  cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+
+  gimp_drawable_update (drawable, 0, 0, width, height);
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayer.h b/app/text/gimptextlayer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87c61a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpTextLayer
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_H__
+
+
+#include "core/gimplayer.h"
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER            (gimp_text_layer_get_type ())
+#define GIMP_TEXT_LAYER(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER, GimpTextLayer))
+#define GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER, GimpTextLayerClass))
+#define GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER))
+#define GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER))
+#define GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYER, GimpTextLayerClass))
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpTextLayerClass   GimpTextLayerClass;
+typedef struct _GimpTextLayerPrivate GimpTextLayerPrivate;
+
+struct _GimpTextLayer
+{
+  GimpLayer     layer;
+
+  GimpText     *text;
+  const gchar  *text_parasite;  /*  parasite name that this text was set from,
+                                 *  and that should be removed when the text
+                                 *  is changed.
+                                 */
+  gboolean      auto_rename;
+  gboolean      modified;
+
+  const Babl   *convert_format;
+
+  GimpTextLayerPrivate *private;
+};
+
+struct _GimpTextLayerClass
+{
+  GimpLayerClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+
+GType       gimp_text_layer_get_type    (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+GimpLayer * gimp_text_layer_new         (GimpImage     *image,
+                                         GimpText      *text);
+GimpText  * gimp_text_layer_get_text    (GimpTextLayer *layer);
+void        gimp_text_layer_set_text    (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                                         GimpText      *text);
+void        gimp_text_layer_discard     (GimpTextLayer *layer);
+void        gimp_text_layer_set         (GimpTextLayer *layer,
+                                         const gchar   *undo_desc,
+                                         const gchar   *first_property_name,
+                                         ...) G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED;
+
+gboolean    gimp_item_is_text_layer     (GimpItem      *item);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_LAYER_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayout-render.c b/app/text/gimptextlayout-render.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3605e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayout-render.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "gimptextlayout.h"
+#include "gimptextlayout-render.h"
+
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_render (GimpTextLayout    *layout,
+                         cairo_t           *cr,
+                         GimpTextDirection  base_dir,
+                         gboolean           path)
+{
+  PangoLayout    *pango_layout;
+  cairo_matrix_t  trafo;
+  gint            x, y;
+  gint            width, height;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+  g_return_if_fail (cr != NULL);
+
+  cairo_save (cr);
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_offsets (layout, &x, &y);
+  cairo_translate (cr, x, y);
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_transform (layout, &trafo);
+  cairo_transform (cr, &trafo);
+
+  if (base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL ||
+      base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL_UPRIGHT)
+    {
+      gimp_text_layout_get_size (layout, &width, &height);
+      cairo_translate (cr, width, 0);
+      cairo_rotate (cr, G_PI_2);
+    }
+
+  if (base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR ||
+      base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR_UPRIGHT)
+    {
+      gimp_text_layout_get_size (layout, &width, &height);
+      cairo_translate (cr, 0, height);
+      cairo_rotate (cr, -G_PI_2);
+    }
+
+  pango_layout = gimp_text_layout_get_pango_layout (layout);
+
+  if (path)
+    pango_cairo_layout_path (cr, pango_layout);
+  else
+    pango_cairo_show_layout (cr, pango_layout);
+
+  cairo_restore (cr);
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayout-render.h b/app/text/gimptextlayout-render.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..456480a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayout-render.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT_RENDER_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT_RENDER_H__
+
+
+void  gimp_text_layout_render (GimpTextLayout    *layout,
+                               cairo_t           *cr,
+                               GimpTextDirection  base_dir,
+                               gboolean           path);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT_RENDER_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayout.c b/app/text/gimptextlayout.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d77c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayout.c
@@ -0,0 +1,805 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <gegl.h>
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
+
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+#include "libgimpcolor/gimpcolor.h"
+#include "libgimpmath/gimpmath.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "core/gimperror.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptextlayout.h"
+
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+struct _GimpTextLayout
+{
+  GObject         object;
+
+  GimpText       *text;
+  gdouble         xres;
+  gdouble         yres;
+  PangoLayout    *layout;
+  PangoRectangle  extents;
+};
+
+
+static void           gimp_text_layout_finalize   (GObject        *object);
+
+static void           gimp_text_layout_position   (GimpTextLayout *layout);
+static void           gimp_text_layout_set_markup (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                   GError        **error);
+
+static PangoContext * gimp_text_get_pango_context (GimpText       *text,
+                                                   gdouble         xres,
+                                                   gdouble         yres);
+
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GimpTextLayout, gimp_text_layout, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
+
+#define parent_class gimp_text_layout_parent_class
+
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layout_class_init (GimpTextLayoutClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  object_class->finalize = gimp_text_layout_finalize;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layout_init (GimpTextLayout *layout)
+{
+  layout->text   = NULL;
+  layout->layout = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layout_finalize (GObject *object)
+{
+  GimpTextLayout *layout = GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT (object);
+
+  if (layout->text)
+    {
+      g_object_unref (layout->text);
+      layout->text = NULL;
+    }
+  if (layout->layout)
+    {
+      g_object_unref (layout->layout);
+      layout->layout = NULL;
+    }
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+
+GimpTextLayout *
+gimp_text_layout_new (GimpText  *text,
+                      gdouble    xres,
+                      gdouble    yres,
+                      GError   **error)
+{
+  GimpTextLayout       *layout;
+  PangoContext         *context;
+  PangoFontDescription *font_desc;
+  PangoAlignment        alignment = PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT;
+  gint                  size;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT (text), NULL);
+
+  font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string (text->font);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (font_desc != NULL, NULL);
+
+  size = pango_units_from_double (gimp_units_to_points (text->font_size,
+                                                        text->unit,
+                                                        yres));
+
+  pango_font_description_set_size (font_desc, MAX (1, size));
+
+  context = gimp_text_get_pango_context (text, xres, yres);
+
+  layout = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYOUT, NULL);
+
+  layout->text   = g_object_ref (text);
+  layout->layout = pango_layout_new (context);
+  layout->xres   = xres;
+  layout->yres   = yres;
+
+  pango_layout_set_wrap (layout->layout, PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR);
+
+  pango_layout_set_font_description (layout->layout, font_desc);
+  pango_font_description_free (font_desc);
+
+  gimp_text_layout_set_markup (layout, error);
+
+  switch (text->justify)
+    {
+    case GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_LEFT:
+      alignment = PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT;
+      break;
+    case GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_RIGHT:
+      alignment = PANGO_ALIGN_RIGHT;
+      break;
+    case GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_CENTER:
+      alignment = PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER;
+      break;
+    case GIMP_TEXT_JUSTIFY_FILL:
+      alignment = PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT;
+      pango_layout_set_justify (layout->layout, TRUE);
+      break;
+    }
+
+  pango_layout_set_alignment (layout->layout, alignment);
+
+  switch (text->box_mode)
+    {
+    case GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC:
+      break;
+    case GIMP_TEXT_BOX_FIXED:
+      if (! PANGO_GRAVITY_IS_VERTICAL (pango_context_get_base_gravity (context)))
+        pango_layout_set_width (layout->layout,
+                                pango_units_from_double
+                                (gimp_units_to_pixels (text->box_width,
+                                                       text->box_unit,
+                                                       xres)));
+      else
+        pango_layout_set_width (layout->layout,
+                                pango_units_from_double
+                                (gimp_units_to_pixels (text->box_height,
+                                                       text->box_unit,
+                                                       yres)));
+      break;
+    }
+
+  pango_layout_set_indent (layout->layout,
+                           pango_units_from_double
+                           (gimp_units_to_pixels (text->indent,
+                                                  text->unit,
+                                                  xres)));
+  pango_layout_set_spacing (layout->layout,
+                            pango_units_from_double
+                            (gimp_units_to_pixels (text->line_spacing,
+                                                   text->unit,
+                                                   yres)));
+
+  gimp_text_layout_position (layout);
+
+  switch (text->box_mode)
+    {
+    case GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC:
+      break;
+    case GIMP_TEXT_BOX_FIXED:
+      layout->extents.width  = ceil (gimp_units_to_pixels (text->box_width,
+                                                           text->box_unit,
+                                                           xres));
+      layout->extents.height = ceil (gimp_units_to_pixels (text->box_height,
+                                                           text->box_unit,
+                                                           yres));
+
+/* #define VERBOSE */
+
+#ifdef VERBOSE
+      g_printerr ("extents set to %d x %d\n",
+                  layout->extents.width, layout->extents.height);
+#endif
+      break;
+    }
+
+  g_object_unref (context);
+
+  return layout;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gimp_text_layout_get_size (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                           gint           *width,
+                           gint           *height)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout), FALSE);
+
+  if (width)
+    *width = layout->extents.width;
+
+  if (height)
+    *height = layout->extents.height;
+
+  return (layout->extents.width > 0 && layout->extents.height > 0);
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_get_offsets (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                              gint           *x,
+                              gint           *y)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+
+  if (x)
+    *x = layout->extents.x;
+
+  if (y)
+    *y = layout->extents.y;
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_get_resolution (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                 gdouble        *xres,
+                                 gdouble        *yres)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+
+  if (xres)
+    *xres = layout->xres;
+
+  if (yres)
+    *yres = layout->yres;
+}
+
+GimpText *
+gimp_text_layout_get_text (GimpTextLayout *layout)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout), NULL);
+
+  return layout->text;
+}
+
+PangoLayout *
+gimp_text_layout_get_pango_layout (GimpTextLayout *layout)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout), NULL);
+
+  return layout->layout;
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_get_transform (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                cairo_matrix_t *matrix)
+{
+  GimpText *text;
+  gdouble   xres;
+  gdouble   yres;
+  gdouble   norm;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+  g_return_if_fail (matrix != NULL);
+
+  text = gimp_text_layout_get_text (layout);
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_resolution (layout, &xres, &yres);
+
+  norm = 1.0 / yres * xres;
+
+  matrix->xx = text->transformation.coeff[0][0] * norm;
+  matrix->xy = text->transformation.coeff[0][1] * 1.0;
+  matrix->yx = text->transformation.coeff[1][0] * norm;
+  matrix->yy = text->transformation.coeff[1][1] * 1.0;
+  matrix->x0 = 0;
+  matrix->y0 = 0;
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_transform_rect (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                 PangoRectangle *rect)
+{
+  cairo_matrix_t matrix;
+  gdouble        x, y;
+  gdouble        width, height;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+  g_return_if_fail (rect != NULL);
+
+  x      = rect->x;
+  y      = rect->y;
+  width  = rect->width;
+  height = rect->height;
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_transform (layout, &matrix);
+
+  cairo_matrix_transform_point (&matrix, &x, &y);
+  cairo_matrix_transform_distance (&matrix, &width, &height);
+
+  rect->x      = ROUND (x);
+  rect->y      = ROUND (y);
+  rect->width  = ROUND (width);
+  rect->height = ROUND (height);
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_transform_point (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                  gdouble        *x,
+                                  gdouble        *y)
+{
+  cairo_matrix_t matrix;
+  gdouble        _x = 0.0;
+  gdouble        _y = 0.0;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+
+  if (x) _x = *x;
+  if (y) _y = *y;
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_transform (layout, &matrix);
+
+  cairo_matrix_transform_point (&matrix, &_x, &_y);
+
+  if (x) *x = _x;
+  if (y) *y = _y;
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_transform_distance (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                     gdouble        *x,
+                                     gdouble        *y)
+{
+  cairo_matrix_t matrix;
+  gdouble        _x = 0.0;
+  gdouble        _y = 0.0;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+
+  if (x) _x = *x;
+  if (y) _y = *y;
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_transform (layout, &matrix);
+
+  cairo_matrix_transform_distance (&matrix, &_x, &_y);
+
+  if (x) *x = _x;
+  if (y) *y = _y;
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_untransform_rect (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                   PangoRectangle *rect)
+{
+  cairo_matrix_t matrix;
+  gdouble        x, y;
+  gdouble        width, height;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+  g_return_if_fail (rect != NULL);
+
+  x      = rect->x;
+  y      = rect->y;
+  width  = rect->width;
+  height = rect->height;
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_transform (layout, &matrix);
+
+  if (cairo_matrix_invert (&matrix) == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      cairo_matrix_transform_point (&matrix, &x, &y);
+      cairo_matrix_transform_distance (&matrix, &width, &height);
+
+      rect->x      = ROUND (x);
+      rect->y      = ROUND (y);
+      rect->width  = ROUND (width);
+      rect->height = ROUND (height);
+    }
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_untransform_point (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                    gdouble        *x,
+                                    gdouble        *y)
+{
+  cairo_matrix_t matrix;
+  gdouble        _x = 0.0;
+  gdouble        _y = 0.0;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+
+  if (x) _x = *x;
+  if (y) _y = *y;
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_transform (layout, &matrix);
+
+  if (cairo_matrix_invert (&matrix) == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      cairo_matrix_transform_point (&matrix, &_x, &_y);
+
+      if (x) *x = _x;
+      if (y) *y = _y;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+gimp_text_layout_untransform_distance (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                       gdouble        *x,
+                                       gdouble        *y)
+{
+  cairo_matrix_t matrix;
+  gdouble        _x = 0.0;
+  gdouble        _y = 0.0;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT (layout));
+
+  if (x) _x = *x;
+  if (y) _y = *y;
+
+  gimp_text_layout_get_transform (layout, &matrix);
+
+  if (cairo_matrix_invert (&matrix) == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      cairo_matrix_transform_distance (&matrix, &_x, &_y);
+
+      if (x) *x = _x;
+      if (y) *y = _y;
+    }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gimp_text_layout_split_markup (const gchar  *markup,
+                               gchar       **open_tag,
+                               gchar       **content,
+                               gchar       **close_tag)
+{
+  gchar *p_open;
+  gchar *p_close;
+
+  p_open = strstr (markup, "<markup>");
+  if (! p_open)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  *open_tag = g_strndup (markup, p_open - markup + strlen ("<markup>"));
+
+  p_close = g_strrstr (markup, "</markup>");
+  if (! p_close)
+    {
+      g_free (*open_tag);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  *close_tag = g_strdup (p_close);
+
+  if (p_open + strlen ("<markup>") < p_close)
+    {
+      *content = g_strndup (p_open + strlen ("<markup>"),
+                            p_close - p_open - strlen ("<markup>"));
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      *content = g_strdup ("");
+    }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gchar *
+gimp_text_layout_apply_tags (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                             const gchar    *markup)
+{
+  GimpText *text = layout->text;
+  gchar    *result;
+
+  {
+    guchar r, g, b;
+
+    gimp_rgb_get_uchar (&text->color, &r, &g, &b);
+
+    result = g_strdup_printf ("<span color=\"#%02x%02x%02x\">%s</span>",
+                              r, g, b, markup);
+  }
+  /* Updating font 'locl' (if supported) with 'lang' feature tag */
+  if (text->language)
+    {
+      gchar *tmp = g_strdup_printf ("<span lang=\"%s\">%s</span>",
+                                    text->language,
+                                    result);
+      g_free (result);
+      result = tmp;
+    }
+
+  if (fabs (text->letter_spacing) > 0.1)
+    {
+      gchar *tmp = g_strdup_printf ("<span letter_spacing=\"%d\">%s</span>",
+                                    (gint) (text->letter_spacing * PANGO_SCALE),
+                                    result);
+      g_free (result);
+      result = tmp;
+    }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layout_set_markup (GimpTextLayout  *layout,
+                             GError         **error)
+{
+  GimpText *text      = layout->text;
+  gchar    *open_tag  = NULL;
+  gchar    *content   = NULL;
+  gchar    *close_tag = NULL;
+  gchar    *tagged;
+  gchar    *markup;
+
+  if (text->markup)
+    {
+      if (! gimp_text_layout_split_markup (text->markup,
+                                           &open_tag, &content, &close_tag))
+        {
+          open_tag  = g_strdup ("<markup>");
+          content   = g_strdup ("");
+          close_tag = g_strdup ("</markup>");
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      open_tag  = g_strdup ("<markup>");
+      close_tag = g_strdup ("</markup>");
+
+      if (text->text)
+        content = g_markup_escape_text (text->text, -1);
+      else
+        content = g_strdup ("");
+    }
+
+  tagged = gimp_text_layout_apply_tags (layout, content);
+
+  g_free (content);
+
+  markup = g_strconcat (open_tag, tagged, close_tag, NULL);
+
+  g_free (open_tag);
+  g_free (tagged);
+  g_free (close_tag);
+
+  if (pango_parse_markup (markup, -1, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, error) == FALSE)
+    {
+      if (error && *error                       &&
+          (*error)->domain == G_MARKUP_ERROR    &&
+          (*error)->code == G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT)
+        {
+          /* Errors from pango lib are not accurate enough.
+           * Other possible error codes are: G_MARKUP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ELEMENT
+           * and G_MARKUP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE, which likely indicate a bug
+           * in GIMP code or a pango library version issue.
+           * G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT on the other hand likely indicates
+           * size/color/style/weight/variant/etc. value issue. Font size is the
+           * only free text in GIMP GUI so we assume that must be it.
+           * Also we output a custom message because pango's error->message is
+           * too technical (telling of <span> tags, not using user's font size
+           * unit, and such). */
+          g_error_free (*error);
+          *error = NULL;
+          g_set_error_literal (error, GIMP_ERROR, GIMP_FAILED,
+                               _("The new text layout cannot be generated. "
+                                 "Most likely the font size is too big."));
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    pango_layout_set_markup (layout->layout, markup, -1);
+
+  g_free (markup);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_layout_position (GimpTextLayout *layout)
+{
+  PangoRectangle  ink;
+  PangoRectangle  logical;
+  PangoContext   *context;
+  gint            x1, y1;
+  gint            x2, y2;
+
+  layout->extents.x      = 0;
+  layout->extents.y      = 0;
+  layout->extents.width  = 0;
+  layout->extents.height = 0;
+
+  pango_layout_get_pixel_extents (layout->layout, &ink, &logical);
+
+  ink.width = ceil ((gdouble) ink.width * layout->xres / layout->yres);
+  logical.width = ceil ((gdouble) logical.width * layout->xres / layout->yres);
+  context = pango_layout_get_context (layout->layout);
+
+#ifdef VERBOSE
+  g_printerr ("ink rect: %d x %d @ %d, %d\n",
+              ink.width, ink.height, ink.x, ink.y);
+  g_printerr ("logical rect: %d x %d @ %d, %d\n",
+              logical.width, logical.height, logical.x, logical.y);
+#endif
+
+  if (ink.width < 1 || ink.height < 1)
+    {
+      layout->extents.width  = 1;
+      layout->extents.height = logical.height;
+      return;
+    }
+
+  x1 = MIN (ink.x, logical.x);
+  y1 = MIN (ink.y, logical.y);
+  x2 = MAX (ink.x + ink.width,  logical.x + logical.width);
+  y2 = MAX (ink.y + ink.height, logical.y + logical.height);
+
+  layout->extents.x      = - x1;
+  layout->extents.y      = - y1;
+  layout->extents.width  = x2 - x1;
+  layout->extents.height = y2 - y1;
+
+  /* If the width of the layout is > 0, then the text-box is FIXED and
+   * the layout position should be offset if the alignment is centered
+   * or right-aligned, also adjust for RTL text direction.
+   */
+  if (pango_layout_get_width (layout->layout) > 0)
+    {
+      PangoAlignment    align    = pango_layout_get_alignment (layout->layout);
+      GimpTextDirection base_dir = layout->text->base_dir;
+      gint              width;
+
+      pango_layout_get_pixel_size (layout->layout, &width, NULL);
+
+      if ((base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR && align == PANGO_ALIGN_RIGHT) ||
+          (base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL && align == PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT) ||
+          (base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL && align == PANGO_ALIGN_RIGHT) ||
+          (base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL_UPRIGHT && align == PANGO_ALIGN_RIGHT) ||
+          (base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR && align == PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT) ||
+          (base_dir == GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR_UPRIGHT && align == PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT))
+        {
+          layout->extents.x +=
+            PANGO_PIXELS (pango_layout_get_width (layout->layout)) - width;
+        }
+      else if (align == PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER)
+        {
+          layout->extents.x +=
+            (PANGO_PIXELS (pango_layout_get_width (layout->layout)) - width) / 2;
+       }
+    }
+
+  if (layout->text->border > 0)
+    {
+      gint border = layout->text->border;
+
+      layout->extents.x      += border;
+      layout->extents.y      += border;
+      layout->extents.width  += 2 * border;
+      layout->extents.height += 2 * border;
+    }
+
+  if (PANGO_GRAVITY_IS_VERTICAL (pango_context_get_base_gravity (context)))
+    {
+      gint temp;
+
+      temp = layout->extents.y;
+      layout->extents.y = layout->extents.x;
+      layout->extents.x = temp;
+
+      temp = layout->extents.height;
+      layout->extents.height = layout->extents.width;
+      layout->extents.width = temp;
+    }
+
+#ifdef VERBOSE
+  g_printerr ("layout extents: %d x %d @ %d, %d\n",
+              layout->extents.width, layout->extents.height,
+              layout->extents.x, layout->extents.y);
+#endif
+}
+
+static cairo_font_options_t *
+gimp_text_get_font_options (GimpText *text)
+{
+  cairo_font_options_t *options = cairo_font_options_create ();
+
+  cairo_font_options_set_antialias (options, (text->antialias ?
+                                              CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_GRAY :
+                                              CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_NONE));
+
+  switch (text->hint_style)
+    {
+    case GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_NONE:
+      cairo_font_options_set_hint_style (options, CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_SLIGHT:
+      cairo_font_options_set_hint_style (options, CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_SLIGHT);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_MEDIUM:
+      cairo_font_options_set_hint_style (options, CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_MEDIUM);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_HINT_STYLE_FULL:
+      cairo_font_options_set_hint_style (options, CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_FULL);
+      break;
+    }
+
+  return options;
+}
+
+static PangoContext *
+gimp_text_get_pango_context (GimpText *text,
+                             gdouble   xres,
+                             gdouble   yres)
+{
+  PangoContext         *context;
+  PangoFontMap         *fontmap;
+  cairo_font_options_t *options;
+
+  fontmap = pango_cairo_font_map_new_for_font_type (CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_FT);
+  if (! fontmap)
+    g_error ("You are using a Pango that has been built against a cairo "
+             "that lacks the Freetype font backend");
+
+  pango_cairo_font_map_set_resolution (PANGO_CAIRO_FONT_MAP (fontmap), yres);
+
+  context = pango_font_map_create_context (fontmap);
+  g_object_unref (fontmap);
+
+  options = gimp_text_get_font_options (text);
+  pango_cairo_context_set_font_options (context, options);
+  cairo_font_options_destroy (options);
+
+  if (text->language)
+    pango_context_set_language (context,
+                                pango_language_from_string (text->language));
+
+  switch (text->base_dir)
+    {
+    case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR:
+      pango_context_set_base_dir (context, PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR);
+      pango_context_set_gravity_hint (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_HINT_NATURAL);
+      pango_context_set_base_gravity (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_SOUTH);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL:
+      pango_context_set_base_dir (context, PANGO_DIRECTION_RTL);
+      pango_context_set_gravity_hint (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_HINT_NATURAL);
+      pango_context_set_base_gravity (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_SOUTH);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL:
+      pango_context_set_base_dir (context, PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR);
+      pango_context_set_gravity_hint (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_HINT_LINE);
+      pango_context_set_base_gravity (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_EAST);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL_UPRIGHT:
+      pango_context_set_base_dir (context, PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR);
+      pango_context_set_gravity_hint (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_HINT_STRONG);
+      pango_context_set_base_gravity (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_EAST);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR:
+      pango_context_set_base_dir (context, PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR);
+      pango_context_set_gravity_hint (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_HINT_LINE);
+      pango_context_set_base_gravity (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_WEST);
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_TEXT_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR_UPRIGHT:
+      pango_context_set_base_dir (context, PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR);
+      pango_context_set_gravity_hint (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_HINT_STRONG);
+      pango_context_set_base_gravity (context, PANGO_GRAVITY_WEST);
+      break;
+    }
+
+  return context;
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextlayout.h b/app/text/gimptextlayout.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..042751b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextlayout.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT_H__
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYOUT    (gimp_text_layout_get_type ())
+#define GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT(obj)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYOUT, GimpTextLayout))
+#define GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYOUT(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_LAYOUT))
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpTextLayoutClass GimpTextLayoutClass;
+
+struct _GimpTextLayoutClass
+{
+  GObjectClass   parent_class;
+};
+
+
+GType            gimp_text_layout_get_type             (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+GimpTextLayout * gimp_text_layout_new                  (GimpText       *text,
+                                                        gdouble         xres,
+                                                        gdouble         yres,
+                                                        GError        **error);
+gboolean         gimp_text_layout_get_size             (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        gint           *width,
+                                                        gint           *height);
+void             gimp_text_layout_get_offsets          (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        gint           *x,
+                                                        gint           *y);
+void             gimp_text_layout_get_resolution       (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        gdouble        *xres,
+                                                        gdouble        *yres);
+
+GimpText       * gimp_text_layout_get_text             (GimpTextLayout *layout);
+PangoLayout    * gimp_text_layout_get_pango_layout     (GimpTextLayout *layout);
+
+void             gimp_text_layout_get_transform        (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        cairo_matrix_t *matrix);
+
+void             gimp_text_layout_transform_rect       (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        PangoRectangle *rect);
+void             gimp_text_layout_transform_point      (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        gdouble        *x,
+                                                        gdouble        *y);
+void             gimp_text_layout_transform_distance   (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        gdouble        *x,
+                                                        gdouble        *y);
+
+void             gimp_text_layout_untransform_rect     (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        PangoRectangle *rect);
+void             gimp_text_layout_untransform_point    (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        gdouble        *x,
+                                                        gdouble        *y);
+void             gimp_text_layout_untransform_distance (GimpTextLayout *layout,
+                                                        gdouble        *x,
+                                                        gdouble        *y);
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_LAYOUT_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextundo.c b/app/text/gimptextundo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d1a74b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextundo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <gegl.h>
+
+#include "libgimpconfig/gimpconfig.h"
+
+#include "text-types.h"
+
+#include "gegl/gimp-babl.h"
+
+#include "core/gimp-memsize.h"
+#include "core/gimpitem.h"
+#include "core/gimpitemundo.h"
+
+#include "gimptext.h"
+#include "gimptextlayer.h"
+#include "gimptextundo.h"
+
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_PARAM
+};
+
+
+static void     gimp_text_undo_constructed  (GObject             *object);
+static void     gimp_text_undo_set_property (GObject             *object,
+                                             guint                property_id,
+                                             const GValue        *value,
+                                             GParamSpec          *pspec);
+static void     gimp_text_undo_get_property (GObject             *object,
+                                             guint                property_id,
+                                             GValue              *value,
+                                             GParamSpec          *pspec);
+
+static gint64   gimp_text_undo_get_memsize  (GimpObject          *object,
+                                             gint64              *gui_size);
+
+static void     gimp_text_undo_pop          (GimpUndo            *undo,
+                                             GimpUndoMode         undo_mode,
+                                             GimpUndoAccumulator *accum);
+static void     gimp_text_undo_free         (GimpUndo            *undo,
+                                             GimpUndoMode         undo_mode);
+
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GimpTextUndo, gimp_text_undo, GIMP_TYPE_ITEM_UNDO)
+
+#define parent_class gimp_text_undo_parent_class
+
+
+static void
+gimp_text_undo_class_init (GimpTextUndoClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass    *object_class      = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpObjectClass *gimp_object_class = GIMP_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  GimpUndoClass   *undo_class        = GIMP_UNDO_CLASS (klass);
+
+  object_class->constructed      = gimp_text_undo_constructed;
+  object_class->set_property     = gimp_text_undo_set_property;
+  object_class->get_property     = gimp_text_undo_get_property;
+
+  gimp_object_class->get_memsize = gimp_text_undo_get_memsize;
+
+  undo_class->pop                = gimp_text_undo_pop;
+  undo_class->free               = gimp_text_undo_free;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_PARAM,
+                                   g_param_spec_param ("param", NULL, NULL,
+                                                       G_TYPE_PARAM,
+                                                       GIMP_PARAM_READWRITE |
+                                                       G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY));
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_undo_init (GimpTextUndo *undo)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_undo_constructed (GObject *object)
+{
+  GimpTextUndo  *text_undo = GIMP_TEXT_UNDO (object);
+  GimpTextLayer *layer;
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->constructed (object);
+
+  gimp_assert (GIMP_IS_TEXT_LAYER (GIMP_ITEM_UNDO (text_undo)->item));
+
+  layer = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (GIMP_ITEM_UNDO (text_undo)->item);
+
+  switch (GIMP_UNDO (object)->undo_type)
+    {
+    case GIMP_UNDO_TEXT_LAYER:
+      if (text_undo->pspec)
+        {
+          gimp_assert (text_undo->pspec->owner_type == GIMP_TYPE_TEXT);
+
+          text_undo->value = g_slice_new0 (GValue);
+
+          g_value_init (text_undo->value, text_undo->pspec->value_type);
+          g_object_get_property (G_OBJECT (layer->text),
+                                 text_undo->pspec->name, text_undo->value);
+        }
+      else if (layer->text)
+        {
+          text_undo->text = gimp_config_duplicate (GIMP_CONFIG (layer->text));
+        }
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_UNDO_TEXT_LAYER_MODIFIED:
+      text_undo->modified = layer->modified;
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_UNDO_TEXT_LAYER_CONVERT:
+      text_undo->format = gimp_drawable_get_format (GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer));
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      gimp_assert_not_reached ();
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_undo_set_property (GObject      *object,
+                             guint         property_id,
+                             const GValue *value,
+                             GParamSpec   *pspec)
+{
+  GimpTextUndo *text_undo = GIMP_TEXT_UNDO (object);
+
+  switch (property_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_PARAM:
+      text_undo->pspec = g_value_get_param (value);
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_undo_get_property (GObject    *object,
+                             guint       property_id,
+                             GValue     *value,
+                             GParamSpec *pspec)
+{
+  GimpTextUndo *text_undo = GIMP_TEXT_UNDO (object);
+
+  switch (property_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_PARAM:
+      g_value_set_param (value, (GParamSpec *) text_undo->pspec);
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+static gint64
+gimp_text_undo_get_memsize (GimpObject *object,
+                            gint64     *gui_size)
+{
+  GimpTextUndo *undo    = GIMP_TEXT_UNDO (object);
+  gint64        memsize = 0;
+
+  memsize += gimp_g_value_get_memsize (undo->value);
+  memsize += gimp_object_get_memsize (GIMP_OBJECT (undo->text), NULL);
+
+  return memsize + GIMP_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->get_memsize (object,
+                                                                  gui_size);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_undo_pop (GimpUndo            *undo,
+                    GimpUndoMode         undo_mode,
+                    GimpUndoAccumulator *accum)
+{
+  GimpTextUndo  *text_undo = GIMP_TEXT_UNDO (undo);
+  GimpTextLayer *layer     = GIMP_TEXT_LAYER (GIMP_ITEM_UNDO (undo)->item);
+
+  GIMP_UNDO_CLASS (parent_class)->pop (undo, undo_mode, accum);
+
+  switch (undo->undo_type)
+    {
+    case GIMP_UNDO_TEXT_LAYER:
+      if (text_undo->pspec)
+        {
+          GValue *value;
+
+          g_return_if_fail (layer->text != NULL);
+
+          value = g_slice_new0 (GValue);
+          g_value_init (value, text_undo->pspec->value_type);
+
+          g_object_get_property (G_OBJECT (layer->text),
+                                 text_undo->pspec->name, value);
+
+          g_object_set_property (G_OBJECT (layer->text),
+                                 text_undo->pspec->name, text_undo->value);
+
+          g_value_unset (text_undo->value);
+          g_slice_free (GValue, text_undo->value);
+
+          text_undo->value = value;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          GimpText *text;
+
+          text = (layer->text ?
+                  gimp_config_duplicate (GIMP_CONFIG (layer->text)) : NULL);
+
+          if (layer->text && text_undo->text)
+            gimp_config_sync (G_OBJECT (text_undo->text),
+                              G_OBJECT (layer->text), 0);
+          else
+            gimp_text_layer_set_text (layer, text_undo->text);
+
+          if (text_undo->text)
+            g_object_unref (text_undo->text);
+
+          text_undo->text = text;
+        }
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_UNDO_TEXT_LAYER_MODIFIED:
+      {
+        gboolean modified;
+
+#if 0
+        g_print ("setting layer->modified from %s to %s\n",
+                 layer->modified ? "TRUE" : "FALSE",
+                 text_undo->modified ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
+#endif
+
+        modified = layer->modified;
+        g_object_set (layer, "modified", text_undo->modified, NULL);
+        text_undo->modified = modified;
+
+        gimp_viewable_invalidate_preview (GIMP_VIEWABLE (layer));
+      }
+      break;
+
+    case GIMP_UNDO_TEXT_LAYER_CONVERT:
+      {
+        const Babl *format;
+
+        format = gimp_drawable_get_format (GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer));
+        gimp_drawable_convert_type (GIMP_DRAWABLE (layer),
+                                    gimp_item_get_image (GIMP_ITEM (layer)),
+                                    gimp_babl_format_get_base_type (text_undo->format),
+                                    gimp_babl_format_get_precision (text_undo->format),
+                                    babl_format_has_alpha (text_undo->format),
+                                    NULL,
+                                    GEGL_DITHER_NONE, GEGL_DITHER_NONE,
+                                    FALSE, NULL);
+        text_undo->format = format;
+      }
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      gimp_assert_not_reached ();
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_text_undo_free (GimpUndo     *undo,
+                     GimpUndoMode  undo_mode)
+{
+  GimpTextUndo *text_undo = GIMP_TEXT_UNDO (undo);
+
+  g_clear_object (&text_undo->text);
+
+  if (text_undo->pspec)
+    {
+      g_value_unset (text_undo->value);
+      g_slice_free (GValue, text_undo->value);
+
+      text_undo->value = NULL;
+      text_undo->pspec = NULL;
+    }
+
+  GIMP_UNDO_CLASS (parent_class)->free (undo, undo_mode);
+}
diff --git a/app/text/gimptextundo.h b/app/text/gimptextundo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..913aeb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/gimptextundo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_TEXT_UNDO_H__
+#define __GIMP_TEXT_UNDO_H__
+
+
+#include "core/gimpitemundo.h"
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_UNDO            (gimp_text_undo_get_type ())
+#define GIMP_TEXT_UNDO(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_UNDO, GimpTextUndo))
+#define GIMP_TEXT_UNDO_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_UNDO, GimpTextUndoClass))
+#define GIMP_IS_TEXT_UNDO(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_UNDO))
+#define GIMP_IS_TEXT_UNDO_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_UNDO))
+#define GIMP_TEXT_UNDO_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_UNDO, GimpTextUndoClass))
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpTextUndoClass GimpTextUndoClass;
+
+struct _GimpTextUndo
+{
+  GimpItemUndo      parent_instance;
+
+  GimpText         *text;
+  const GParamSpec *pspec;
+  GValue           *value;
+  gboolean          modified;
+  const Babl       *format;
+};
+
+struct _GimpTextUndoClass
+{
+  GimpItemClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+
+GType      gimp_text_undo_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_UNDO_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/text-enums.c b/app/text/text-enums.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc18ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/text-enums.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+
+/* Generated data (by gimp-mkenums) */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
+#include "text-enums.h"
+#include "gimp-intl.h"
+
+/* enumerations from "text-enums.h" */
+GType
+gimp_text_box_mode_get_type (void)
+{
+  static const GEnumValue values[] =
+  {
+    { GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC, "GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC", "dynamic" },
+    { GIMP_TEXT_BOX_FIXED, "GIMP_TEXT_BOX_FIXED", "fixed" },
+    { 0, NULL, NULL }
+  };
+
+  static const GimpEnumDesc descs[] =
+  {
+    { GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC, NC_("text-box-mode", "Dynamic"), NULL },
+    { GIMP_TEXT_BOX_FIXED, NC_("text-box-mode", "Fixed"), NULL },
+    { 0, NULL, NULL }
+  };
+
+  static GType type = 0;
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (! type))
+    {
+      type = g_enum_register_static ("GimpTextBoxMode", values);
+      gimp_type_set_translation_context (type, "text-box-mode");
+      gimp_enum_set_value_descriptions (type, descs);
+    }
+
+  return type;
+}
+
+GType
+gimp_text_outline_get_type (void)
+{
+  static const GEnumValue values[] =
+  {
+    { GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_NONE, "GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_NONE", "none" },
+    { GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_ONLY, "GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_ONLY", "stroke-only" },
+    { GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_FILL, "GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_FILL", "stroke-fill" },
+    { 0, NULL, NULL }
+  };
+
+  static const GimpEnumDesc descs[] =
+  {
+    { GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_NONE, "GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_NONE", NULL },
+    { GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_ONLY, "GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_ONLY", NULL },
+    { GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_FILL, "GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_FILL", NULL },
+    { 0, NULL, NULL }
+  };
+
+  static GType type = 0;
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (! type))
+    {
+      type = g_enum_register_static ("GimpTextOutline", values);
+      gimp_type_set_translation_context (type, "text-outline");
+      gimp_enum_set_value_descriptions (type, descs);
+    }
+
+  return type;
+}
+
+
+/* Generated data ends here */
+
diff --git a/app/text/text-enums.h b/app/text/text-enums.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20bd327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/text-enums.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TEXT_ENUMS_H__
+#define __TEXT_ENUMS_H__
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_BOX_MODE (gimp_text_box_mode_get_type ())
+
+GType gimp_text_box_mode_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  GIMP_TEXT_BOX_DYNAMIC, /*< desc="Dynamic" >*/
+  GIMP_TEXT_BOX_FIXED    /*< desc="Fixed"   >*/
+} GimpTextBoxMode;
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_TEXT_OUTLINE (gimp_text_outline_get_type ())
+
+GType gimp_text_outline_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_NONE,
+  GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_ONLY,
+  GIMP_TEXT_OUTLINE_STROKE_FILL
+} GimpTextOutline;
+
+
+#endif /* __TEXT_ENUMS_H__ */
diff --git a/app/text/text-types.h b/app/text/text-types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83b6190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/text/text-types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
+ * Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
+ *
+ * GimpText
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TEXT_TYPES_H__
+#define __TEXT_TYPES_H__
+
+#include "core/core-types.h"
+
+#include "text/text-enums.h"
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpFont        GimpFont;
+typedef struct _GimpFontFactory GimpFontFactory;
+typedef struct _GimpFontList    GimpFontList;
+typedef struct _GimpText        GimpText;
+typedef struct _GimpTextLayer   GimpTextLayer;
+typedef struct _GimpTextLayout  GimpTextLayout;
+typedef struct _GimpTextUndo    GimpTextUndo;
+
+
+#endif /* __TEXT_TYPES_H__ */