Re: [Inkscape-user] Word balloon tail fill question

On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 14:39 -0400, john cliff wrote:

You should just be able to set a white fill on the tail shape, as long as you've drawn it as a V rather than 2 seperate lines.

2008/7/9 Caryn A. Tate <gunther17@...9...>: Hi,

    I have an issue with creating the tails on word balloons for a
    comic with Inkscape.  Keep in mind I'm a brand new user, so
    I'm sure the solution is a simple one.

    I use the ellipse tool to create the word balloons themselves,
    and I use the Bezier tool to create the "tails" to/from the
    balloons.  My problem is that I'm creating the word balloons
    and tails *on top of* art (utilizing the Layer tool), and I
    can't find a way to fill the tails solid with white, to
    prevent the artwork from showing through.  I understand how to
    fill the ellipses themselves and keep them solid, but the
    tails I can't seem to figure out.  Can someone help?  

    Also, I'm completely open to pointers, so if you do something
    differently than what I described, please let me know.

    Thanks in advance!

You can join them all together but shift+select and then Path->Union (Ctrl++) This way you don't have to get the tail to exact match to the ellipse; have it go into the ellipse. When you union them, it is automatically trim to the ellipse.