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(or Shift + Ctrl + D) and click on the button saying "fit page to selection".Ħ. Resize the page to fit to your object: go to File > Document Properties. (Control keeps the ratio intact, which stops the text from becoming distorted.) What you're really defining here is the "default display size", because the great thing about SVGs is of course is that they can scale without loss of quality.ĥ. Hold down "Ctrl" and resize your text as required. Choose the font and size you want by pressing Shift + Ctrl + T.Ĥ.

Press the "arrow" icon (or "F1") to 'select' your text object. Paste in your text from your other text editor. Click on the "text object" icon (like an "A") on the left hand menu - number 11 in the illustration - or hit "F8".ģ. Open up Inkscape and start a new document.Ģ.

an ability to view the text in a text editor on your computer (in other words.

Sometimes you might want an image of text, though, if you want to ensure that a character is viewable even though a reader might not have the required fonts, or if you want to show off a particular font. Usually, text is best represented as text, via a font that represents Unicode, because it enables readers and re-users to search, copy-and-paste, and edit the text easily. This is a tutorial on creating SVG representations of text using Inkscape, an open source vector graphics editor.