How to fill a Scribus text with an image

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Please remind that the effect probably might need a lot of computing power when it's applied to a bigger text than just some characters!


  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" into "Outlines".
  3. Use "Item / Combine Polygons".
  4. Change the new polygon with "Item / Convert to" into an image frame.
  5. Load an image into the new form.
  6. Optional, play around with the fill- and line color. Here, both are set to "none":


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In a similiar way, you can create "letters from letters".

  1. Create a textframe and type one letter in it. Use a strong and bold font. Increase the size of that letter to a high value.
  1. Convert the textframe with the letter inside into "Outlines".
  1. Now, convert it to a textframe again.
  1. Double click it or use the storyeditor to add now a lot of the same letters to that textframe:

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