: Fitting text into a Letter using inkscape? Can someone please help me figure out how to add text into the shape of a LETTER using inkscape? I keep trying and nothing happens. I type out the

@Merenda852

If you mean something like below, then you're definitely on the right track


Type the letter and make the font large
Turn the letter into a path (Path menu > Object to Path)
Ungroup the result by selecting it and then Ctrl+U (even a single letter with no 'holes' is grouped)
Make the letter object semi-transparent (so you can see the flowed text when you do it)
Type your words you want to put into the shape and make the font small
Select the letter shape and the text (status bar will say 2 objects of types Path and Text)
Text menu > Flow into frame


I also left and right justified the text to make it adhere to the shape more.

The relative size of the two fonts is critical - as is the ungroup step.

You'll get big vertical gaps unless the words are short enough to fit in the width of the letter - eg the backbone of the F here.

You can download the svg file for this but it won't render in a browser I don't think, as standard svg won't support flowRoot but you can use the Convert to Text option if you need

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