Episode 014 – Place Text Around a Circle
by heathenx
This tutorial illustrates the steps needed to place text around a circle in Inkscape v0.45.
Tags: circle, path, text
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August 15th, 2008 at 8:32 am
All of this screencasts are wonderfull. Very usefull indeed.
What’s happens if, instead of using manual kerning to adjust the position of the text, you rotate the whole thing -45º? (or is this a possibility given by 0.46 and not by 0.45?)
August 15th, 2008 at 8:43 am
@Javier
Try it and find out. As they say, there is more than one way to skin a cat.
April 18th, 2009 at 9:53 am
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April 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Thanks you Thank you Thank you!!!! I have spent week trying to figure this out on my own. Everything I was trying to accomplish was in this video. Thank you again for the time you have spent to teach others.
RK
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:53 am
HELLO,
i AM VERY NEW TO THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW DO I DOWNLOAD THE RIGHT VERSION OF INKSCAPE TO USE ON MY MAKE THE CUT/ CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE. i KNOW YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR (NOT SURE IF I SPELLED THAT RIGHT) WITH EITHER ONE OF THE ITEMS I MENTIONED…..
aNY HELP WOULD BE OF HELP. YOUR VIDEO WAS VERY HELPFUL
THANKS IN ADVANCE,
nICOLE
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:16 am
@NICOLE
I have no idea what “right” version of Inkscape you’ll need for your cutter but you can download the latest version (release 0.47) from http://www.inkscape.org/download/?lang=en. Just pick a link for your particular operating system, download, install, and give it a try.
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