{"id":41302,"date":"2014-09-18T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=41302"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:38:27","slug":"tutorial-wrapping-text-around-object-using-inkscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/09\/18\/tutorial-wrapping-text-around-object-using-inkscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: Wrapping text around an object using Inkscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1170\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lf2EOoWzjhY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nThis video demonstrates how to use Inkscape to disguise a soup can&#8217;s label, and then to wrap text around it fairly believably. 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