I have downloaded InkScape 4.2 both the windows and linux versions. So far I really like it, very cool. But so far there is one feature that I just cannot seem to get to work: Text to Path. I draw the curve (bezier), I make some text, I select the text and the curve together with shift-click, I go up to the menu for text and select "text to path"...and absolutely nothing happens. I have read the insructions for this several times to see if I am missing something, but I am doing exactly what they tell me to do, and I get zip. This is one of the major reasons I was interested in this program. I get the same result with both win and linux versions.
Halp! Please!
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On 7/28/05, Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@...12...> wrote:
Text to Path. I draw the curve (bezier), I make some text, I select the text and the curve together with shift-click, I go up to the menu for text and select "text to path"...and absolutely nothing happens.
Watch the statusbar - it usually explains reasons for when something fails.
One current limitation is that you need to create a _regular_ text object to put it on path, not _flowed_ text. This means you need to create the text object by clicking, not by dragging a frame. Or if you already have flowed text, do Text > Unflow on it to convert it to regular text.
I agree it's a stupid limitation, we definitely have to remove it in the next version.
bulia byak wrote:
Text to Path. I draw the curve (bezier), I make some text, I select the text and the curve together with shift-click, I go up to the menu for text and select "text to path"...and absolutely nothing happens.
I agree it's a stupid limitation, we definitely have to remove it in the next version.
The most simple solution would be to check this when one selects "text to path" and do the conversion automatically.
I mean, something like
if (isTextFlowed (textObject)) textObject = convertToText (textObject);
at the beginning of the "text to path" code.
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 10:48:28AM -0700, Elwin Estle wrote:
I have downloaded InkScape 4.2 both the windows and linux versions. So far I really like it, very cool. But so far there is one feature that I just cannot seem to get to work: Text to Path. I draw the curve (bezier), I make some text, I select the text and the curve together with shift-click, I go up to the menu for text and select "text to path"...and absolutely nothing happens. I have read the insructions for this several times to see if I am missing something, but I am doing exactly what they tell me to do, and I get zip. This is one of the major reasons I was interested in this program. I get the same result with both win and linux versions.
One thing I found that would cause this is if I made the text as "flow-text" objects instead of "text" objects. This is confusing because the difference between these two kinds of objects seems so slight from a user perspective, but I can understand why it works like this from an implementational point of view.
If this is in fact the cause of the confusion, the fix is to select your flow-text object and go to Text -> Convert to text, and then put it on the curve. Also, in this case would you mind submitting a bug report about this confusing usability? Perhaps there is something simple that could be done to eliminate the confusion.
If it's not the case, report back here with a description of exactly what steps you're taking, and we'll work on sorting it out with you.
Thanks, Bryce
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