{"id":5751,"date":"2010-09-24T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T04:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2020-07-15T23:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T03:44:59","slug":"316-of-365-is-a-kitty-made-out-of-text-inkscape-design-typography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/09\/24\/316-of-365-is-a-kitty-made-out-of-text-inkscape-design-typography\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitty made out of text"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100923kitty.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/jul-10-2012-6-31-pm-2048x1536-300x225\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jul-10-2012-6-31-pm-2048x1536-300x225.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jul-10-2012-6-31-pm-2048&amp;#215;1536-300&amp;#215;225\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jul-10-2012-6-31-pm-2048x1536-300x225.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100923kitty.png?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitty made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cats #design #creativecommons #typography\" class=\"wp-image-3062\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Kitty made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cats #design #creativecommons #typography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the more successful pieces in the series of animals made of text. In this case, I decided to make a cat out of text. I used <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Inkscape<\/a>, imported the silhouette of a cat, and then typed the text on top of it. I converted the text to a path, and began to shape the text to meet the edges of the silhouette in such a way as to still have it be readable. I hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like this image, please share it. If you use it, please attribute me, and thanks! (cc-by lemasney)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the more successful pieces in the series of animals made of text. In this case, I decided to make a cat out of text. I used Inkscape, imported the silhouette of a cat, and then typed the text on top of it. I converted the text to a path, and began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3659,1128,4110,3070,3654,21,23,3657],"tags":[76,163,230,244,335,411,3870,599,854],"class_list":{"0":"post-5751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-design-principles","8":"category-illustration","9":"category-inkscape-portfolio","10":"category-open-source-consulting","11":"category-portfolio","12":"category-professional-activities","13":"category-professional-experience","14":"category-requests","15":"tag-arts","16":"tag-cc-by","17":"tag-creative-commons","18":"tag-design","19":"tag-gimp","20":"tag-inkscape","21":"tag-john-lemasney","22":"tag-open-source","23":"tag-typography","24":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100923kitty.png?fit=809%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-1uL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5787,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/10\/30\/307-of-365-is-a-whale-made-out-of-text-inkscape-design-typography\/","url_meta":{"origin":5751,"position":0},"title":"A whale made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design #typography","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-10-30","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a redo of an earlier sketch that just focused on the silhouette of a whale, and this time I used the word whale as a basis for the image. deep, sea, whale, blowhole. text, type, typography, design, 365, open source, creative commons, ocean, Inkscape","rel":"","context":"In &quot;portfolio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/portfolio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A whale made of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #Inkscape #design #typography","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101029whale.png?fit=809%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101029whale.png?fit=809%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101029whale.png?fit=809%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101029whale.png?fit=809%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5728,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/08\/31\/253-of-365-is-a-giraffe-made-out-of-text-typography-design-inkscape-tutorial-strnglibrarian\/","url_meta":{"origin":5751,"position":1},"title":"253 of 365 is a giraffe made out of text by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #typography #design #inkscape #tutorial #cc","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-08-31","format":false,"excerpt":"So my libland friend Julie asked me to sketch her a giraffe, and I do just about anything Julie asks. 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