Not only one letter but you can also convert the whole word of any text into the path. If you want you can also delete the undesired node points from the path and for that just select your desired node which you want to delete and then press the Delete button on the keyboard.Īnd by deleting nodes you can also make changes in the shape of the path of the converted letters.

Not only nodes you can also make curves by adjusting node handle like this. You can edit any node of this path with the help of this Edit Node tool for having a different transformations in the shape of this letter E and it will give this letter a creative look such as I want to stretch this node in the outer direction of this path so I will select this node and drag it in outer direction with the help of Node tool. So I will take the Nodes tool.Īnd once you select this letter E with the Node tool by clicking on it you can see there is a number of nodes on the path of this letter. So it is clear that this letter E is now a path and you can edit it with the Edit nodes tool. Both look the same.Īnd if you Text tool again and try to edit it as a text for replacing it with other text or for changing its style or font type then you can see it is not editable, in fact, the text tool cursor blinks on a new place for typing other text. Now if you select this path with the Select tool then you cannot determine any difference between the previous text letter E and the converted letter E. You can also press Shift + Ctrl + C as its shortcut key.Īnd it will convert your selected text or letter into the path. In this list, you will find the Object to Path option so click on it. Now I will take the Select and Transform Object tool from the tool panel.Īfter selecting your desired text go to Path. You can resize text after converting it into the path or can take size from the font size list before converting, it depends on you. Here my chosen font has only italic style so I will go with it. You can also change font style such as regular, italic, or bold. So I will choose my desired font type from the font type list.

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