What am I doing wrong

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sserguta
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What am I doing wrong

Post by sserguta »

I go into Inkscape and choose a Font. When I type "A" I get the dog dingbat that I want. I size it. I save it as an SVG file. I import it ito SCAL and it is blank. Thanks.
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Re: What am I doing wrong

Post by HeatherM »

You have to convert it to path. From the menu, Path/Object to path.
jancy
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Re: What am I doing wrong

Post by jancy »

after you type your text, you need to trace it.

type text
click: path: object to path

THEN save as an svg file.

if you do not trace the object/text, it will not work.
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Re: What am I doing wrong

Post by firstcut »

You don't need Inkscape just to type in a dingbat, you can do that directly from SCAL.
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