The Bezier-Envelope extension may well provide ease of accomplishing a specific set of functionality that Path Effects is a broader solution to.Inkscape permits its users to add different objects such as Circles, Rectangles, Stars, and even text in its canvas. This might be a more dependable way to keep functionality in Inkscape as the versions change (for functionality already embedded in Inkscape) because it does not depend on a third party developing/updating an extension. These Path Effects are already embedded in the Inkscape code and should be functional in V1.0 (Release Notes do not suggest they were removed).

This object was created using Lattice Deformation: ( the gradient was applied to show that it also deformed with the Path Effect)

Warp Text Into Shape of Object (Logos by Nick) ( Fish shape) andĬonform Text to Shape (TroyTube) ( baseball ball shape) Two good videos showing the use of Envelope Deformation in unusual shapes are: This object was created using Envelope Deformation: The chosen Path Effect creates the rough shape, that shape is fixed (Path>Object to Path), then the shape is fine tuned by editing nodes with the Node Edit Tool. One way of getting a similar effect in Inkscape 0.92.x is Path Effects: specifically Envelope Deformation, Perspective/Envelope, or Lattice Deformation 2.This method may not be better but it has additional capability in terms of object type operated on (stroke, shape, text, group, clips&masks) and shape of object to be filled (more than only a quadrilateral). Here is also a great video that shows using this path effect in standard ways. If you know of a better way to achieve this end result, please do share here. Thus, when using the bezier envelope extension, the result looks 'correct'. That way, the resulting figure will be in the proper orientation so that the nodes begin at a lower right position and continue going clockwise. (Note: when creating the circle like shape from the stars and polygons tool - it is best to begin the figure by clicking a starting point and moving upwards diagonally, to the left. The instructions are on the attached image file. To download the needed inx and py files for this extension, go to As of this date, the Path Effect does not work with Inkscape 1.0. This tutorial is for Inkscape 0.92 x Windows. Using the Bezier Envelope Path Effect with your text, you can make the text fit inside a perfect circle shape.

Inkscape text to path bottom of circle