I have some text in Inkscape that is 100 pixels tall... and I can easily select it and squeeze it down to 50 pixel tall.... squeezing it evenly everywhere.
But instead... how would I select only the top "20 pixel edge"... and squeeze it to 10 pixels tall.
Then select only the bottom "20 pixel edge"... and also squeeze that down to 10 pixels tall.
I need the end results to look like the text was "squeezed" (top and bottom) into a smaller box.
(But the 'center stripe' (60 pixels)... isn't changed at all.)
Is there a way to "select only part of a text object"?
Thanks.
Squeezing only part of an object (font)?
Re: Squeezing only part of an object (font)?
Paula wrote:I need the end results to look like the text was "squeezed" (top and bottom) into a smaller box. (…)
Is there a way to "select only part of a text object"?
Not as text, but if you convert the text to path [1]... see 'Sculpting Nodes' - scroll down to the example about sculpting text.
[1] In Inkscape 0.47, converting text to path (menu 'Path > Object to path') creates a group of individual paths - so you need to ungroup it (Ctrl+U) and combine the resulting selection (Ctrl+K) to get one big path which you then can sculpt with the node tool.