Inkscape will then automatically place our text on our path.įor further modifications, you can use the Node tool to modify your path and your text will actually follow. Then we’ll go to the Text menu and choose “ Put on Path“.
Now, with both on our document, we’ll use the Selection tool to select both our path and our text. Next, we’ll type our text using the Text tool. We’ll start by drawing a simple path using the Pen tool. Let’s say we want to change the layout of our text and have it follow a path or a curve. Once you’ve entered your text, you can use the additional controls in the top toolbar to style your text. You probably need code that lets your cutter/calligraphy machine interpret text as text in order to do this practically and efficiently.ĮDITED to simply point out that the grey letter in the background of steps 2-6 is simply a duplicate I placed there to show the result of each step relative to the original letter shape.You can also reposition your text box by using the selection tool and dragging the object. Very tedious and not likely to be useful if you are really trying to get the cutter to write large blocks of text. To get the bottom left image I simply did some node editing with. I then converted the offsets to paths (ctrl-shift-C), broke the paths at the places where the curves were closed, and combined the paths (ctrl-K). I next did Path>Dynamic Offset (ctrl-J) on each of the paths in order to get the correct curves for a stroke along the midline of the letter. I then deleted the nodes along the inside curve, broke the path between the "vertical" stroke of the letter and the "curved" stroke of the letter, and did Path>Break Apart to get the top right image.Ĥ. Then swap fill and stroke so there is no fill and only a stroke to get the top middle image.ģ. I then did Path>Break Apart (ctrl-K) and deleted the interior loop path, though I think you could just delete those nodes without doing Break Apart. In that screenshot you see on the top left I created a text object and converted it to a path.Ģ.
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