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Asked by Stephen Edwards

At 6. Trim the tops of the letters. When I click path difference nothing happens. I have tried selecting the letters and using "Group selected objects", then using path difference, but it makes no difference. The only way I can trim the letters is to select one letter then use path difference. then select the next letter etc. Then at 7. I select the letters and click duplicate, I don't see anything happen and I don't understand why I am doing this, but carry on as instruted. I select the text and snow path click on Path intersection and all that happens is the snow path disappears. Each time I try the same thing happens and I can't get any further. What am I doing wrong?

Yours Faithfully
S. J. Edwards

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Best Edouard (edouardst) said : 		#1

Hi,

To make path differences, you need to deal with paths, so groups won't do. To "group" your letters together, you could select them all and instead of grouping, use Path > Union (or Path > Combine). You then have one path made of all our letters, that you can substract your other path to.

Hope it helps, regards

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Stephen Edwards (esdwards) said : 		#2

Thanks a lot