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how can I type text on a curved line as you would in illustrator?

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I need to type text on a line that is curved and can't figure out how to do this?

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#1

Hi Noelle,

what you're looking for is the 'Text on Path' feature.

- First make sure the path is actually a path (Click on it, and look what it says in the status line at the bottom). If it is not a path, convert to one first (Path -> Object to Path). Also make sure the text is actually a text (status line, again. If it is in a group, ungroup it, until you can 'grab' the text.

- Select both Text and Path (hold Shift and click on both objects)

- Do 'Text -> Put on Path' (from the menu)

- If the direction of the text is wrong, try to reverse the path's direction: Path -> Reverse before you do 'put on Path' in the text menu.

Also see
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Text-Path.html
http://goinkscape.com/how-to-curve-text-in-inkscape/
http://en.flossmanuals.net/inkscape/text/text-and-paths/

Kind regards,
 Maren