On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 20:05 -0600, Bibi Morris wrote:

I am looking for better documentation on Flow into frame, I am looking to flow text into a shape, where the text follows the contours of the outside of the shape. Can anyone help with pointing me to where some good documentation on this may be available.

Hi Bibi,

I'd like to apologize for the brusqueness of the other fellow. Depending on what you need, one of two different features might fit the bill. I think the manual has the best documentation currently available for both, although it is still lacking in some respects.

First, there is a feature for wrapping text around the border of a shape:

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ch09s06.html

Secondly, there's "flow into frame", which lets you fill a shape with text:

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ch09s07.html

Let me know if you need additional information on either feature.

Thanks,

-mental