Using paths with text is a great combination to make unique web elements such as banners, logos, and headings or footers. They work together and allow you complete control over how the text will look. Let's review how we can make them work together.
In Inkscape, you can put text onto a path and have it follow its shape—and when you do this the text and the path remain editable. This means you can still change the text, the shape of the path, kerning, and spacing elements in the text. Let's look at an example.
To start, draw a path with the Bezier path tool.
Then use the text tool and type text that you would like to place on the path.
Select both the text and path.
From the main menu select Text and then Put on Path. You'll see that the text is then literally placed on the path of the line you had drawn.
You can now move the original path and the text moves along with it. Or you can move the text away from the path, edit the text, or transform the...