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I am trying to thin out the google 'G'. Ive tried by hand and ended up with very mediocre results. Is there a way in Inkscape that allows selected a pathway and then having the path thin out.
For example a function that moves nodes tangentially to the curves they lie on toward the next point that would be found along the path in the direction of the tangent.
If I've understood your question properly, then yes there is a way to do it.
I assume the letter is already a path. If it's still editable type, then convert it to outlines first by using Path > Object to Path.
Next, remove the fill, and add a stroke, then adjust the weight of the stroke in the Fill and Stroke panel, so that the white internal space is as thin as you want the letter form to be.
Click Path > Stroke to Path
Click Path > Break Apart
Select the outer path and delete it, leaving the inner path only.
Maybe Billy understood you right, but from the 2nd paragraph, you might have something like this in mind:
Make the character a path, if it isn't already. Select node mode (emphasized with green mega dots here), select the end nodes, where the shape shall be thinned out, and delete them with the node deletion button in the toolbar, for instance.
Only the inner tangential will determine, how to tighten the path, since the outer one is directing outwards.
