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How to Create Rounded Corners on Shapes/Paths/Texts in Inkscape

Cyrus Kao
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In this tutorial we'll be covering how to round corners with Path Effects in Inkscape, which works for either shapes, paths or texts.

Prerequisites

Open Path Effects in Path or with shortcut Ctrl-&:

Path Effects
Path Effects in Path

Rounding Corners

  • Shapes/Paths

    Simply select your shape or path:

    Shape selected
    Shape selected
  • Texts

    Select your texts then use Object to Path in Path or with shortcut Shift-Ctrl-C:

    Converting texts to path
    Converting texts to path

    Double click on the texts to ungroup the paths, then select the one for creating rounded corners:

    Text selected
    Text selected

Go to Path Effects then Add path effect:

Adding path effect
Adding path effect

Choose Corners (Fillet/Chamfer):

Choosing path effect
Choosing path effect

Then adjust Radius to your liking:

Adjusting radius of corners
Adjusting radius of corners

Change Certain Nodes

If you only want to round certain corners, enable Change only selected nodes then double click on your path to select the nodes:

Changing certain nodes
Changing certain nodes

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