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With the text still selected, go to Path > Path Effects and the Path Effects Editor will open on the right hand side. Go to Path > Object to Path and once done your text will be separated into individual letters. We need to first convert our text to a path before we can warp it to the heart shape. You can move the text around by clicking + dragging from the center. Now click and drag out a corner node to resize the text. For easier reference we will call it the Move Tool. To resize the text object, click on the Select and Transform tool on the left side toolbar. You may want to adjust the opacity of the shape if it makes the text easier to see. You can also change the color using the Color Palette bottom of the screen.

The panel will appear on the right hand side. To access it, go to Object > Fill and Stroke. You can change the color of your shape and text by using the Fill and Stroke panel. To keep everything uniform, use Caps for all the letters. Then, click on the document and start typing. Once you have opened your shape, go to the Create and edit text objects tool on the left side toolbar.Īt the top toolbar, click on the drop down menu for the Font Family. You can also create your own shape using the Bezier Curve for a more customized design. We are going to warp our text into a heart shape. Be sure to download and unzip your file then open Inkscape. We will be using a fun handwritten font called Amora Brush. This technique works best with a nice thick font so it’s still readable after warping. So let’s get started learning how to warp text into shapes in Inkscape. We will be converting the text to an object so it will be easier to manipulate into a shape. This works especially well for projects such as Valentines cards, t-shirts, mugs and more. Warping text adds a new perspective to how your text is displayed. Note: The whole font sizing thing is not necessary to show the bug however it shows a case where this behaviour is undesirable, without it the removal of spaces could almost be considered a feature.If you want to know how to warp text into shapes in Inkscape, then check out our tutorial. (the middle line will shrink down).īehold the object looks different! the middle line no longer contains a space. Select the space character and set the font size to 2. Write three lines of text the middle line to contain just a single space. It seemed the font size had been remembered but the space itself had been removed. adding a space returned the spacing to how I'd set it. the text pastes ok but the spaces all reset to the overall font size, when I clicked in the text the "empty" lines had lost the space character. I'd done this in one document, I wanted to copy the text, so I copy and paste. if I add a space to that line I can select the space and change the font size to alter the line space to my liking. I occasionally use a lazy line space method, I add a blank line.