I once accidentally, but successfully, applied this gradient effect to the text, so that the direction of the gradient slightly changes with each letter until it is rotated exactly 180° at the end. Back then, it was just mouse clicks, no complicated manual work, that resulted in each individual letter getting its own gradient grid instead of the whole text having one. These individual gradient grids then slowly change direction. I have been trying to achieve this again for a very long time but can't figure out how to do it. Can someone help me? Does anyone have an idea or maybe even know how I did it?

I am working on a MacBook, but I also tried it on Windows and couldn't get it to work either. I don't remember the exact version, but I think I might have updated it once in between. Currently, I am using v1.3. I

have attached the original SVG file where it worked, maybe it will help in figuring out how to achieve it...

Hello, I tried to achieve your goal. No magic there, but patient work.

• Type text, give it the proper gradient
• Create circle
• Select both, put on path - rotate eventually path or text to get the right result.
• Select text, do path > object to path, then path > split path : you have as many paths as letters
• Select gradient tool, click on one letter : it becomes selected (its bounding box - a small dashed rectangle - is displayed around it), and the two handles of its linear gradient are displayed, always a the same place (of the original gradient of the text). You can either click on one handle and drag it to its place or ignore existing handles and click and drag a new gradient. Repeat (click on letter to select it, then click and drag to move gradient) for all letters.

Hey David248,

I remember, that I had the whole gradient done in a mouseklick (or two, or three, in every case not manually), but maybe my memories are fooling me.

Thanks anyway for your attempt and your explanation! Now I have a wonderfully clear step-by-step instruction wich I also always had to reconstruct :-)

Have a noce weekend!