If you’d like to wrap your text around the inside of the circle rather than the outside, you can reverse the path of the circle by simply clicking on the circle and navigating to Path > Reverse in the menu toolbar. So you can still change the font, size, and contents if you’d like. It should also be noted that you can continue to edit your text with the Text tool, the same way you would any other text object, when it’s placed on a path. Notice how the space that the text occupies changes as the size of the circle changes. If you’d like to alter how much of the circle’s circumference the text occupies, you can scale the circle up or down accordingly. Make sure you only rotate the circle though! If you try to rotate the text itself it will remove it from its position on the path. If you want to learn more ways to alter and improve your text design, make sure to check out our guides on using fonts in Inkscape, fixing font clipping, and accessing font glyphs in Inkscape.You can change the position of the text on the circle by rotating just the circle. Well done! You have successfully converted text to path and even started altering items within your design using the Node tool. Continue this process until you are pleased with the new design. Simply select the node with the Node tool and then drag it to a new position. Nodes are the small squares around the selected object or text. You can easily use this tool to make adjustments to the selected item by moving the nodes.

You will now be able to make modifications to your text design using Inkscape tools.Ī great tool to make quick modifications is the Node tool.

With the text design still selected, click on the Path button located on the far top of the artboard and click Object to Path. You will not be able to make any changes to this font just yet. You can either type in the font's name or scroll through the available fonts until you see the perfect one. After you have access to the Text tool, click anywhere on the artboard to type out the desired text.įinally, use the Font tab to choose a satisfying font for the text project. The same tool can be accessed by clicking 'T' on your keyboard as well. To start, click on the Text tool, which is located on the left toolbar.

Inkscape font on arc to path