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If I do this sequence with a circle and a square, it works. However if I do it with a square and a letter it does not. How do we do this with a letter:
1) Create a square
2) Select it and do Path > Object to Path
3) Create a text letter a
4) Select the letter and do Path > Object to Path
5) Put the letter on top of the square
6) Select both the letter and the square
7) Path > Difference
The letter is not cut from the square.
Why not?
Try ungrouping the letter after you convert it to a path. Inkscape always groups text after converting to path, even if it's only one letter.
Ctrl + Shift + G will ungroup.
FYI, check the text displayed on the panel at the very bottom of the screen (under the colours). You can often get a tip there as to what might be wrong. In this case, it would say one of the objects is not a path.
If the letter is still a text object, then this is a bug (regression) in Inkscape 1.0:
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/589 (it once worked with texts directly, doing Path > Difference)
In general, a conversion to path should not be needed for squares, circles, other shapes, and even no longer for clones.
Ungrouping would always be needed if one of the objects is a group.
