Hi everybody, thanks for all the replies, and sorry if I'm not replying you, due to an exam I haven't got much free time. Hystrix.. what do you mean with flowed text? And how to unflow it if necessary? please notice that I've got the italian version of inkscape. I wanted to switch to the english one, but I don't know how to do that as well.. !! Thanks ROb for the example.. it is working, so that helped me understanding that my problem is nor a corrupted installation nor a wrong procedure. Can it be due to font choosen? I tried with many, though.. still no way.. as soon as I will have tried a little further, I will send you an example not working. Thanks very much for your kind help! Lucio .On 6/21/08, loscotec@...844... <loscotec@...844...> wrote: .> Hello everybody! .> .> Does anybody know how to use text as object-mask? .> .> I need to cut a text in a picture so that the text would actually be transparent! .> .> The goal is easily achieved converting text in path, and grouping it with a background, and then using it as a mask for the picture. But in this way I'm loosing the chance to change what is written in a second moment. .> .> Reading some references, I saw that text objects should work as any other objects about masking, but they they don't. .> .> What am I missing? .> .> Lucio .I tried it and found out that it doesn't work with flowed text, maybe .that was your case. If so, can you try unflowing the text? . .------------------------------------------------------------------------- .Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. .It's the best place to buy or sell services for .just about anything Open Source. .http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ._______________________________________________ .Inkscape-user mailing list .Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net .https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user . .. Caminante no hay camino, solo se hace camino al andar .. --- o meglio --- .. Caminante el destino no es al final de el viaje, pero en todo el andar ..