How to fill a Scribus text with an image

Please note that the effect probably might need a lot of computing power when it's applied to a larger text!

1. Create a textframe and type your text, or load it from a file. Use a strong and bold font.
2. Convert the textframe with Item > Convert to" to outlines.
3. Use Item > Combine Polygons.
4. Change the new polygon via Item > Convert to to an image frame.
5. Load an image into the new shape.
6. At your option, play around with the fill and line colour. In this case both are set to "none":

In a similiar way, you can create "letters consisting of letters".

1. Create a text frame and type one letter in it. Use a strong and bold font. Increase the size of that letter to a high value.
2. Convert the text frame with the letter inside to outlines.
3. Now, convert it to a text frame again.
4. Double click it or use the Story Editor to add a lots of the same letters to that text frame:

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