gj1 wrote:I broke it apart after I made it, so I could hide the outline cut, and then cut it last, so the design would not pull off the mat. Maybe that is when it happened...I did not know...lol...oh, I am still such a beginner! I will try again, soon.
You do not need to, there is no reason to break it apart just follow these steps in order...
1) You load up the alphabetti file
2) Make the shape that is going to be the aperture (I used an oval, but any solid shape will do, it CAN'T have any holes in it such as a letter O has)
3) Position the aperture shape over the alphabetti object
4) Select both the alphabetti and the aperture and use Path->Intersection (now the alphabetti is cropped to the aperture)
5) Create your card front (or whatever you want the lattice on) and position the object created in (4) in place on the card
6) Select the card and the lattice object and use Path->Exclude
That will cut out the bits and leave the letters, what yours has done is cut out the letters and left the bits so the middle of the ABDI(middle of the dot)OPQR are all also missing resulting in it not being actual text any more.
There are other ways of arriving at the same destination but this is the way I have always done it, if you are used to the other ways it might be a bit confusing but just follow the steps 123.. and you will see
