Comment 21 for bug 1425749

My problem got fixed.I guess its about the setting.

I was facing the same issue.After changing some setting now I able to type directly in Pinta.
1)In the bottom left you see pane for Palette. Make sure your primary colour is black and secondary colour is white.
2)When you create new image also make sure your background is white.
3)Choose font "Abyssinica SIL" for English and set the Text style as "normal"
4)Now click on "text" icon and then click on canvas and start typing.

It should work.