I cannot find the example

[evermorian]

You mean this recent post?

How do you edge cut text in inkscape? I would like to make garden stakes

OK so it’s trivial. Start by adjusting your stake shape and typing up your text. Here’s my take on it: [Screenshot (349)] Select your text and do Object->object to path. You’ll now have an outline of your text, but each letter is a separate path and grouped. [Screenshot (350)] Ungroup them Object->ungroup. Then do a Path->combine, and they’l be one path object. (which you can verify here by looking at the bottom of your screen it should say "one object of type path selected) Here it is…