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Tapered Text

Asked by Austin Kelly

Hi guys , sorry to ask a dumb question but looking to taper some text but not make it 3d.

Ie the text increases in height along a fixed lines . example the text VOLUME would increase along the letters in height like an increase in volume would in audio , if that makes sense.

I.m sure its very simple but I'm new to inkscape and CAD so apologies in advance.

Fingers crossed for some help

Cheers

Austin

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Edouard (edouardst) said : 		#1

Hi,

You can either choose to do so using a live Path Effect (http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-LivePathEffects-EnvelopeDeformation.html)

or using Extension > Modify Path > Enveloppe
To do so, you have to
- type your text
- convert it to a path (Object > Convert to path)
- draw an outline of your shape (for your "volume" exemple, draw the triangle with the 90° angle on the lower right)
- convert it to path too
- select both the text and triangle and apply the enveloppe extension
- (if you don't see the result, it may be because it's behind the triangle).

The most flexible solution is nevertheless the live Path Effect IMHO.

Regards

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