ok, here's the final result



Thank you all, guys,
I learned more about layers today than ever

I'll post the resulting website as soon as finished

I don't know if it can work on every letter of your font but using Offset might help. Type your text, duplicate that object and send it to back to be behind the original text. You can change it's color so the changes will be more visible. Then go to Path > Dynamic Offset or Path > Linked Offset. Wi...

I'll try it for sure tonight, when I'll be back to home.

well, that's a wonderful forum indeed!

News about the result as soon as i get something different than a shapeless stain

I'm still not clear on the exact effect you're looking for, but if it's what I think it is, with a simpler font you'd get the effect by converting to path and doing a path>dynamic offset and adjusting it to the right size. That's how the top left logo on this page was done. Same for the top right a...

Thank you very much! I Thought I could "trace the outline", as you said, but I hadn't any idea on how to achieve it. I try with your suggestion and look for an example (or maybe I create one from scratch with a "simpler" font). I'll post the result later in the afternoon or tomor...

Hello all, I'm new here, so, firstly, glad to join us (and sorry my poor english) straight to the point I have the following problem In order to get a "seventies" effect, i need a stroke around a text. The problem is that the font I'm using (http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Marcelle.htm) is...