I am complete newbie with Inkscape and also here. I want to make a thin line rectangle round some text for some signs I will have gravured. In MS Paint you just choose Rectangle and there it is. I can not figure out how to do that in Inkscape, all rectangles get filled etc. Can someone tell me?
After I click on the Rectangle tool, I can click and drag on the canvas to draw a rectangle.
After I draw a rectangle, I can decide if I do/don't want it filled, or do/don't want the outline stroke filled by selecting colors down in the lower-left corner:
Clicking on one of the colors will change the fill color of the rectangle I just drew. Clicking on the "X" will turn off the fill completely. Shift+click does the same thing, except it operates on the stroke.
Even more control can be found by calling up the Fill and Stoke dialog, found in Object->Fill and Stroke...
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Hello,
I am complete newbie with Inkscape and also here. I want to make a thin line rectangle round some text for some signs I will have gravured. In MS Paint you just choose Rectangle and there it is. I can not figure out how to do that in Inkscape, all rectangles get filled etc. Can someone tell me?
Many thanks, Mike
I'd go through the simple tutorials in the Inkscape Help menu, then chime back if you have more questions.
After I click on the Rectangle tool, I can click and drag on the canvas to draw a rectangle.
After I draw a rectangle, I can decide if I do/don't want it filled, or do/don't want the outline stroke filled by selecting colors down in the lower-left corner:
Clicking on one of the colors will change the fill color of the rectangle I just drew. Clicking on the "X" will turn off the fill completely. Shift+click does the same thing, except it operates on the stroke.
Even more control can be found by calling up the Fill and Stoke dialog, found in Object->Fill and Stroke...