Inkscape/C3/Text-Manipulation/English

Title of script: Text Manipulation

Author: Priya K and Arthi.A

Keywords: Inkscape, Text on path, Text on shape, Image inside text, Perspective text, Cutout text.

Visual cue	Narration
Opening Slide	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “Text Manipulation” using Inkscape.
Learning Objectives (Slide)	In this tutorial we will learn to- Create text on path Create text on shape Image inside text Text in perspective Cut-out text
System requirement (Slide)	To record this tutorial, I am using- Ubuntu Linux 14.04 OS Inkscape version 0.48.4
Open Inkscape	Let us open Inkscape.
Click on Text tool	First, we will learn how to create text on a path. Click on Text tool.
Type “Spoken Tutorial is an Audio-Video tutorial”	Type the sentence “Spoken Tutorial is an Audio-Video tutorial” on the canvas.
Click on Bezier tool Draw a tilde path	Recall that we had learnt to create path using the earlier. So, click on Bezier tool. Click on the canvas and draw a tilde shape like path, below the text.
Select both	Select both the text and the path.
Go to Text menu. Click on Put on Path.	Go to Text menu and click on Put on Path option. Observe our text is formed on the path.
	Click anywhere on the canvas to deselect all.
Click on Text tool	Select the Text tool and click on the starting point of the text.
Press Space bar several times	Give some spaces by pressing space bar to adjust the text on the path.
Click and drag the handles	Now select the path. Using the handles resize the path. Observe that the text transforms according to the resizing of the path.
Go to Text menu >> Remove from Path	To remove the text from the path, go to Text menu. Click on Remove from Path.
Press Ctrl + Z	Observe that the path is now removed. Press Ctrl + Z to undo this action. <<PAUSE>>
	Next, we will learn how to insert text into a shape.
Create a hexagon.	Using Polygon tool , create a hexagon. Now we will insert some text inside the hexagon.
Open LO Writer >> Press Ctrl + A >> Press Ctrl + C	I will copy some text from a LibreOffice Writer file that I had saved ealier. Press Ctrl + A to select the text and press Ctrl + C to copy them.
Click on the Text tool. Click on Canvas and press Ctrl + V.	Now, come back to Inkscape. Click on Text tool. Press Ctrl + V next to the hexagon to paste the text.
Select both	Select both the text and the hexagon.
Go to Text menu. Click on Flow into Frame	Now go to Text menu. Click on Flow into Frame. Now our text is inserted inside the hexagon.
Go to Text menu >> Click on Unflow	To remove the Flow, go to Text menu. Click on Unflow. Observe that the text has disappeared. Press Ctrl + Z to undo this action. <<PAUSE>>
	Now we will learn how to create text on an image.
Go to File and Import.	First let us import an image. Go to File and Import.
Import an image	I have saved an image in the Pictures folder. Click to open this folder.
Select the image >> Object menu >> Pattern >> Object to Pattern	Now we have the image on our canvas. Select it and go to Object menu. Click on Pattern and Object to Pattern.
Type “SPOKEN TUTORIAL” >> Make it Bold.	Using Text tool, type “SPOKEN TUTORIAL”. Make this text Bold.
Object menu >> Fill and Stroke Under Fill tab click Pattern icon	Go to Object menu. Click on Fill and Stroke option. Click Pattern icon under Fill tab. Now the image is formed on the text.
Click on Node tool Point to the handles	To adjust the image, click on Node tool. We can see a square handle and a circular handle on the image.
Click and rotate the circular handle. Click and resize the square handle.	Click on the circular handle to rotate the image on the text. Click on the square handle to resize it. <<PAUSE>>
	Next we will learn how to create text in a perspective.
Type “SPOKEN” Go to Path menu >> Object to Path.	Type “SPOKEN” on the canvas. Go to Path menu and click on Object to Path.
Select Bezier curve >> Draw the path	Now let us draw the path by selecting Bezier curve. Start drawing the path from the left bottom. Draw a rectangle in perspective with larger side, at the left side and smaller side at the right.
Select both text and path	Select both, the word “SPOKEN” and the rectangular path.
Go to Extensions >> Modify Path >>Perspective	Go to Extensions, click on Modify Path and then on Perspective.
Point to the transformed text	Now, we can see that the text appears in perspective. Note the text takes the starting point and direction of the path.
	Next, let us create the text in another perspective.
Type the word “TUTORIAL” Go to Path menu >> Object to Path	Type “TUTORIAL” on the canvas. Go to Path menu and select Object to Path.
Draw a path starting from left top corner	Draw a similar perspective rectangular path using Bezier tool. This time start from left top corner and continue in a clockwise direction.
Go to Extensions >> Modify Path >>Perspective	Select both, the path and the text. Click on Extensions, Modify Path and then on Perspective.
Point to the transformed text	Now we see that the text appears from top to bottom. This is because the text is aligned, based on the starting point of the path. <<PAUSE>>
	Lastly, we will learn about cut-out text.
Type “INKSCAPE”	Type the word “INKSCAPE”. Then create a rectangle and keep the text above the rectangle.
Select both. Path menu >> Difference	Select both. Go to Path menu. Select Difference option. Observe what happens on the canvas.
	We will learn one more method of creating cut-out text.
Type “INKSCAPE” Go to Object menu >> Fill and Stroke	Again, type the word “INKSCAPE” Go to Object menu. Click on Fill and Stroke.
Go to Stroke paint >> Flat color	Under Stroke paint tab, click on Flat color.
Go to Stroke style Type 5 in width	Go to Stroke style tab and change the width parameter to 5.
Go to Fill tab >> No paint	Go to Fill tab and click on No paint. Observe a cut out shape has formed on our text. <<PAUSE>>
Summary (Slide)	Let us summarize. In this tutorial we learnt to Create text on path Create text on shape Image inside text Text in perspective Cut-out text
Completed assignment	Here are a few assignments for you. Create the text “Learn FOSS using Spoken Tutorials” in a wavy path. Draw a Trapezoid using Bezier tool. Copy the text from the code file and paste it inside the Trapezoid. Insert the text “INKSCAPE” on a colorful image. Create the text “INKSCAPE” in perspective. Create a cut-out text for “SPOKEN TUTORIAL”.
Completed assignment	Your completed assignment should look like this.
About Slide	The video available at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Pls watch it.
About Slide	The Spoken Tutorial Project Team conducts workshops and gives certificates for those who pass an online test. For more details, please write to us.
About Slide	Spoken Tutorial Project is supported by the NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India. More information on this Mission is available at this link.
Acknowledgment	We have come to the end of this tutorial. This is Arthi and Priya from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for joining.

Contributors and Content Editors

Arthi, Nancyvarkey