increase path misforms my text

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woutergeboers
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increase path misforms my text

Postby woutergeboers » Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:13 am

Hello, I think I changed a setting. When I'm trying to increase a text (path), it totally disforms.
I tried a lot, but can't find why my text misforms. (see image)

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Moini
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Re: increase path misforms my text

Postby Moini » Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:50 am

If you only want to change the size, then use the selection tool, hold Ctrl, then drag on the arrows to resize.

Path > Outset will outset the path, and it might not look great. You could use a linked offset or a dynamic offset instead, maybe that will give you better results. Or just use the bold face of the font.

Let us know what your goal is, please, that will help us give you better suggestions.
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Polygon
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Re: increase path misforms my text

Postby Polygon » Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:22 pm

If your goal is a fat contour I´d go this route as a starting point:
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Re: increase path misforms my text

Postby Moini » Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:40 am

polygon, since we now have the paint-order, the stacking is no longer needed (in your version, it might still be, though).

Also, polygon, would you help us and try out the beta dmg file when it's out? It's not going to take long anymore. The developer is already writing installation instructions :) (due to it being unsigned and because it's hard to find the correct file on gitlab, to always test the latest version)
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Polygon
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Re: increase path misforms my text

Postby Polygon » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:02 pm

Moini wrote:polygon, since we now have the paint-order, the stacking is no longer needed (in your version, it might still be, though).

Correct - I still use ∼suv´s native macOS devel version from 2015.
Moini wrote:Also, polygon, would you help us and try out the beta dmg file when it's out? It's not going to take long anymore. The developer is already writing installation instructions :) (due to it being unsigned and because it's hard to find the correct file on gitlab, to always test the latest version)
Sure I will - when I can find it. Hopefully it abandoned X11 - otherwise I´m pretty quick out of the game. :oops:

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Re: increase path misforms my text

Postby Moini » Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:24 pm

offtopic: currently looks like this: https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_ ... jvxrzhGP4e
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