Bend text in Inkscape

[simonsimon]

Hi.

I apologize if I'm posting this in the wrong place...if there's a better place to go for Inkscape questions would someone please let me know. Thanks.

I'm trying to bend text around a circular object and can't figure out how to do it. See attached for example.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks.

[23meg]

Choose the text object, and the object you want to bend it around, and hit Text / Put on Path.

[simonsimon]

Hmmmm.

Nothing happens when I do that.

[23meg]

Make sure the object you choose is a path. See if you're getting an error in the status bar.

[simonsimon]

It's a path.

Maybe I'm understanding you wrong.

I can:

1) Create a freehand path in the shape of a circle. (To make sure that it's a path)
2) Type some text.
3) Select those two things and then select Text - Put on Path

and this should bend the text around the circle I drew?

[simonsimon]

Sorry.

I was getting an error message. I had to convert to text.

thanks so much for you quick responses. It worked. :)

[23meg]

Good to know. Keep an eye on the status bar in Inskcape especially when things get tricky; it gives informative error and status messages.

[Madpilot]

Just for future reference, Inkscape's own tutorials files are excellent - and written in SVG, so you can dissect them to see how things are done! They're at Help->Tutorials inside Inkscape.

Also, there's an awesome Inkscape guide online - http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/

And the status bar in Inkscape is great too - unlike a lot of programs, Inkscape actually gives (usually) useful info in it's status bar!