

It’s up to you how big you want your shadow to be. + )”) a couple times to get a good shadow. In my opinion) or you can hold the “Ctrl” key and hit the right parenthesis (“Ctrl You can click on the little diamond andĭrag it down until you get a good shadow around your word (not the easiest way

Notice your cursor changes to a skinny arrow and you have a little diamond at Select your word and then go to “Path” and “Linked Offset”. Outside of the work box provided in Inkscape. You’ll want to make sure your word is kind of Now your word is all one path or, welded together.


This basically works like “Weld” in Design Space. When each letter of the word is selected go to “Path” and then “Union”. To combine each letter simply click into each letter while holding the “Shift” key so they are all selected at once or drag a box around the whole word making sure each letter is selected. Into a path however each letter will be its own separate path and for what we’reĭoing we want the whole word to just be one path. Your word and then go to “Path” and “Object to Path”. Inkscape does not recognize it as a design element. Once you’ve got your text locked you canĭrag the arrows and make it larger so it’s easier to see. This locks your text so that it doesn’t getĪll skinny and weird when you resize it. Then click the “lock” icon at the top middle of your screen. To resize your text and make it larger to work with simplyĬlick the selector tool at the top left side of your menu bar (pic above) and Note, you will not be able to change the font if you are not in “text mode” so don’t click out of text mode until you have chosen the font you want. Any font you have installed on your computer will show up in Inkscape. Use the font menu at the top to change the font to whatever you’d like. Once you’re in text mode just enter the text your want to create an outline around. Open Inkscape and click into the Text Icon (pic below).
