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One of my favorite commands in Illustrator was the very useful but ambiguously named "Expand", which in this case does not mean enlarge but instead means to convert all the parts of your work (fills, strokes, pattern components, text, etc) into separate objects.
(Further explanation, in the second half of this entry, as follows:)
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Is there any Inkscape equivalent to the Illustrator"Expand"?
Re: Is there any Inkscape equivalent to the Illustrator"Expa
OK I found the "Stroke to Path" command in the Path menu, which covers one part of what I was asking, but I can't find an equivalent action for converting text to paths. I am sure it is in there somewhere... (?)
Re: Is there any Inkscape equivalent to the Illustrator"Expa
Hi.
There is a difference between object to path (Ctrl+Shift+C) and stroke to path (Ctrl+Alt+C).
Texts by default don't have any stroke, so use object to path instead.
This will convert it to a group of the characters.
It produces a better rendering on a large text if you leave that as a group of characters,
but for like logos, you may ungroup them (Ctrl+Shift+G) and combine them together (Ctrl+K) to a single compound path.
There is a difference between object to path (Ctrl+Shift+C) and stroke to path (Ctrl+Alt+C).
Texts by default don't have any stroke, so use object to path instead.
This will convert it to a group of the characters.
It produces a better rendering on a large text if you leave that as a group of characters,
but for like logos, you may ungroup them (Ctrl+Shift+G) and combine them together (Ctrl+K) to a single compound path.
Re: Is there any Inkscape equivalent to the Illustrator"Expa
"Object to path" (above Stroke to path) will turn a text into a shape.
Is this what you are looking for ?
Is this what you are looking for ?
Re: Is there any Inkscape equivalent to the Illustrator"Expa
As others have mentioned, "Object to path" is the best way to convert text to paths, so that the recipient doesn't need the original font (although it also means they won't be able to edit the text). What they haven't mentioned is that you can select multiple text objects to perform this action on at the same time. If you've got a particularly complex image, with lots of text objects, you can use the Edit>Find dialog to select them all at once. Just un-check the "All Types" box, then you'll be able to choose the types of object to find. Uncheck everything except "Texts" then click the "Find" button and all your text objects will be selected, ready for "Object to path".