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Inkscape Shadow or Offset

4 Feb

Inkscape

Inkscape Shadow or Offset

I was approached about how to create Chunky fonts in Inkscape for water bottles. I’d explained they could add a Shadow to a thinner font making it easier to cut utilizing their cutting machine. Here is a short tutorial showing how to achieve this in Inkscape, a free vector graphics program. Thought I’d share it on my blog as well. šŸ™‚

I’m going to use the Text Tool and type some text.

Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 9.40.32 AM

While still selected – Click on Path – Linked Offset

A little diamond shape along the outside of the Bounding Box appears.

Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 9.49.52 AM

Slowly move it to the right – the further you move it away from the text, the larger the shadow will be.

Now click on the Selection Tool.

Your text should be selected – Click on it and drag it off to the side – you should have 2 layers.

Your original text and your shadow/offset.

Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 10.03.32 AM

Delete the original text. Select your shadow – go to File – Save As – give your file a name.

Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 10.12.43 AM

Save your design as an SVG.

Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 10.16.27 AM

Thanks for visiting today.

Michelle

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  1. Teresa Luck says

    February 4, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    TFS

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