Thanks for the quick answer prkos. 1) That works okay, but doesn't give me any consistency from shape to shape. Shame I can't define an offset (e.g. 5mm from the left and right edges of the text frame, like you might do in MS Word). Still, it's lovely programme and free, so I'm certainly not complai...

Hello. Just started using Inkscape, so forgive me if this seems like a silly question. I've searched, but nothing there. When I flow text into a shape I have two problems ... 1) The text goes right up to the boundary, so my stroke path inteferes with it. I can resize the text box, but it squishes th...