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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">5.5.¬†
  22.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Paths and Text</span>
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  40.             <h3 class="title"><a id="id2593963"></a>5.5.¬†
  41.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Paths and Text</span>
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  49.           <b>Figure¬†7.14.¬†
  50.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Text converted to a path</span>
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  58.             Text converted to a path and then transformed using the
  59.             Perspective tool.
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  64.             <img src="../images/using/path-text-stroked.png" alt="Text converted to a path" />
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  66.               <p>
  67.             The path shown above, stroked with a fuzzy brush and then
  68.             gradient-mapped using the Gradient Map filter with the
  69.             ‚Äú<span class="quote">Yellow Contrast</span>‚Äù gradient.
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  77.       A text item created using the Text tool can be transformed into a path
  78.       using the <span class="guibutton">Create path from text</span> button in the
  79.       Tool Options for the Text tool. This can be useful for several
  80.       purposes, including:
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  86.           Stroking the path, which gives you many possibilities for fancy
  87.           text.
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  90.           <li>
  91.             <p>
  92.           More importantly, transforming the text. Converting text into a
  93.           path, then transforming the path, and finally either stroking the
  94.           path or converting it to a selection and filling it, often leads to
  95.           much higher-quality results than rendering the text as a layer and
  96.           transforming the pixel data.
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  116.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Stroking a Path</span>
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  124.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Paths and <acronym class="acronym">SVG</acronym> files</span>
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