Text and Fill Issues

[Salmonbuster (Travis)]

So if I want to make a square and set to fill then I add text inside the box, how can I get it to only fill the box incorporating the text. Hope this makes sense

[Mrrick386 (Rick Herring)]

so one way to do it is give your text a slight outward offset. with the offset line set as the same color layer as the box.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

You mean exclude the text from the fill? Just make the text the same color as the box. It happens automatically.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

LightBurn uses the boundaries of shapes to turn the filling on and off. This post will help you better understand this concept.

How do I invert (negate) a vector engraving?

If you want to invert a vector engraving (Fill layer) you need to add an outline to it. Think about what happens when you scan a circle, compared to the letter ‘O’. The inner ring of the O toggles the fill. If you add another shape (like a square) outside it, it negates the whole thing: [image] And a slightly different example, this time done by changing the outer line around the design to a ‘Line’, instead of leaving it as part of the Fill layer: [image] In the case above, the design alr…