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Use Inkscape to draw snow capped text

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Making snow capped text is simple to draw using Inkscape 's Select (S) and Node (N) tools. This post shows the steps to draw the snow capped text on the text Merry . The final drawing is shown in the screenshot below. First thing is to draw the text Merry with the Text (T) tool on the canvas.   Next, using the Bezier (B) tool, draw a straight line to the side.   Adjust the style of the line. Remove the fill and change the stroke paint color to white. Change the stroke join to rounded, cap to rounded. Thicken the stroke width to e.g. 4 pixels.   Select the line and make a duplicate by pressing CTRL-D . Using the Select (S) tool, move the duplicate line to the top of the letter M. Then, click the Node (N) tool. The nodes appear on the line . Press CTRL and drag the right node handle to the left. Repeat the previous steps to duplicate, move the line to the other part of the M letter. Duplicate the line and move it to the top of the letter e. Click the Node (N) tool. Then

Make a snowflake using the Inkscape pen tool

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This post shows some steps in using Inkscape to draw a simple snowflake using the Pen , snapping, duplicating and rotation tools. Open Inkscape and create a new document. Click the Snapping icon to ensure that the Toggle Snapping is on. In the toolbar, click the Pen Tool icon or press B on the keyboard. On the drawing page, press down CTRL and draw a horizontal line to represent the main snowflake trunk. If necessary, change the stroke style with the Fill and Stroke pane, e.g. thick blue 10px solid line. Draw the "branches" of the snowflake. Press down CTRL and click a starting point away from the main branch. Then move the cursor towards the main branch. Note : Click the second point when the cursor is snapped to the trunk center line. Use the Selector tool to select all the branches (not the trunk). Press CTRL-D to duplicate the selected branches. Then press V to Flip Vertical the duplicated branches. Finally use the Selector tool to select all the branches and