: Placing Vector Object On A Path I'm not entirely sure how to word this, but I'll do my best here. I found a really good font for my logo and edited it in Adobe Fireworks to get it to

@Caterina889

Try the Bend Live Path Effect.

Group your text letters together so that they're one object. Make sure your text is selected (just click it once) then go to Path menu / Path Effects (it's down at the bottom).

You should get an options window opening for the path effects like below. (On my PC it opens at the right hand side among the other option windows like Fill Colours or Align etc.)



Click the + sign near the bottom of the Path Effects options window.
Select Bend from the menu that appears.

Click the 'Edit on Canvas' button (looks like the Node tool) from the options window and you'll see a green line in your text. Move that green line to create the effect you want.

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@Hamaas979

Text on a path in Inkscape is only available for text items made using the Text tool, not drawn or traced outlines.

Since you have done that, then you'd need to move them and rotate each individually into position, perhaps even skewing them a little, which could be quite troublesome.

However, if you have the font available, why not type it in Inkscape using the Text tool. Then you can put the text on a path. Simply select both the Text and the path, and click Text > Put on Path.



If you then want to modify the letter forms, you could convert them to outlines using Path > Object to path.

If you need more help, there are lots of tutorials available which show how to use the text on a path feature. Just search for "Inkscape text on a path"

If you have text outlines, one possibility is that you could ungroup them, and unify them as a single shape using Path > Union, copy it, and apply it as a pattern along a path. When drawing the path with the Bezier tool, select the option Shape: From Clipboard. Then you can call up the Path Effect editor, and change it to "Single"

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