Inkscape Basic lesson 05

Here is a basic lesson on linked lettering
and unioning them so they will cut in scal
LETS BEGIN
Start by typing your word then getting the font that you want
Lesson for that HERE

With that selected go Path , object to path

Now View, display mode and Outlne

Here where arrows and circles are the problem

With the word selected go Path, and Union

And now you will see that they are linked
and can be cut as .svg and imported into
sure cuts a lot

BONUS PART
If you would like to have a mat for that lettering
here is a bonus lesson
Lets BEGIN
with the word selected go
Edit and duplicate

Then with that duplicate selected
Go Path and Dynamic offset

And a little white square will appear on the top of the lettering
now you use you mouse hold this down and move it
out till you are happy with the size you want

When you are happy
Go Path and object to path

And it will turn to nodes

You can now move this off the lettering and save
as .svg file and then import into sure cuts a lot