: How to use clipping mask and difference together in Inkscape Basically I used a clipping mask to cut out some letters in my gradient, then followed the steps in this thread but can't get the

@Bethany839

I guess you want get a gradient color to your handwriting. Clipping it from an existing gradient fill is not necessary. You can give a gradient color to your stroke:




the original writing made with the pencil+some automatic simplifying
selected a wider stroke from the Fill & Stroke panel.
selected a linear gradient to stroke color, adjusted it to have 3 stops with the gradient editing tool
this (gradient along the stroke) is still a dream. It's not from Inkscape but copied from another painting program, where it was tediously produced as a blending. Inkscape does not do it without some extension that I haven't found. Illustrator CC users have had it years.

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@Samaraweera207

If you are drawing these letters by hand, then try the following technique:


The inside of the letter (the counter) needs to be cut out, creating a single combined path.
To do that, select both outer path and inner counter and click Path > Difference to make each letter with a counter cut out. Each letter will now be a single combined path.
Once finished, select all the letters, and click Path > Combine to make all the letter forms into a single combined path.
Move the text over a raster image.
Select both raster image and text, and click Object > Clip > Set.




If you are attempting to do this instead with something you typed using the Text tool, all you need to do is place the text box over the raster image. Select both text and image, and click Object > Clip > Set. There is no need to turn the text into outlines in Inkscape 0.92. Using text as a clipping path converts the text to outlines anyway.

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@Vandalay110

First make the letters with the necessary cutouts (use Path - difference).
Put them on top of the image .
Clipping.

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