Flow Text into a Shape – Inkscape

You can flow text into a shape in Inkscape using the ‘Flow into Frame’ text function. This function allows you to fill a shape or object with text, constraining the limits of the text to fit into the shape. Once you have the text in the shape you can adjust it’s appearance in several ways. You can change fonts and the size of the font, you can also utilise text alignment to create the style you are aiming for.

In this video I will show you how to use the ‘Flow into Frame’ function, I’ll demonstrate how to quickly and easily adjust the size of your text to fit the frame (well, I show you how to adjust the frame to get a perfect fit – much easier :-). I show you how to remove the frame, by either using the ‘Object to Path’ function to convert the text into a path or if you want the text to remain editable with the text tool, I show you how to hide the frame using the Objects dialog box to toggle the visibility of the frame.

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In this tutorial, I’m using the latest version of Inkscape – Inkscape 1.1.2

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[chubigans]

Brilliant thank you! I always enjoy your videos, they are easy to follow with precise instruction.

[hayleybevan]

This is exactly what I needed only… I’m trying to get some names into the number 2 and my flow to frame won’t work. It work last year but this year, it’s not working. It either deletes the text or doesn’t do anything. Could you offer any advice? Many thanks

[saurabhgupta]

Hey, thanks for the video. So, if I want to give a gap (offset) between the text and the edges of the object (path) so that the text does not touch the container image, how do I do that? Thanks in advance...!

[nataliepetersen]

I'm trying to flow text into a custom shape . It won't work. I created 2 rectangles, and used union to get my custom shape.