Cutting a part off a letter

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Lavialee
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Cutting a part off a letter

Postby Lavialee » Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:53 am

Hey!
It's my first time doing anything in Inkscape, so I've gotten stuck a few times, but in the end, I got something that looked as I wanted it.
But I've encountered a problem. The 'O' of the text is supposed to be 'cut off' by the circle of the background. It's fine when on the white as the rest of the O doesn't show up, but, since it is a logo, I want to put it on other backgrounds too. So - I've transformed the text to a path and tried the path funcions (difference especially), but it doesn't seem to work (might've been doing something wrong lol).
So - how can I cut off the O, so when I export it with a transparent background and try to put it on coloured backgrounds the rest of it doesn't show up.
Thanks so much!
(Any critique is also welcome :D, it's for a school magazine)
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tylerdurden
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Location: Michigan, USA

Re: Cutting a part off a letter

Postby tylerdurden » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:04 am

There are two common ways:

1) Use a copy of the large circle to hide the unwanted portion of the 'o' with "clipping. http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... pping.html

2) Use a copy of the large circle to trim-off the unwanted portion of the 'o' with a "path operation" (boolean). http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... ining.html
Have a nice day.

I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1

The Inkscape manual has lots of helpful info! http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/


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