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Basically, Inkscape is not adding my stroke paint into the final result when I use the Difference tool. Same thing for the Exclusion tool. I can't just change the size of what I need to be a difference because it's text, converted to a path, ungrouped, and put into a union. Here a picture to demonstrate what I mean: TheProblem

So, how do I fix this? Is there a workaround that I don't know about or am I missing something silly?

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    I hope you are using that font only for demonstration.
    – Wrzlprmft ♦
    Sep 29 '15 at 22:10
  • Not only for demonstration purposes but also to tease everybody on this site. I hate it too.
    – Scratchifier
    Sep 29 '15 at 22:36
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  1. Select your text.
  2. Path → object to path.
  3. Ungroup.
  4. Path → stroke to path.
  5. Remove all inner paths. You can do this by breaking apart everything and remove all parts except the outermost ones and the counters and then combine what is left.
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  • By "remove all inner paths" do you mean just delete all of the inside nodes? Or is there a faster way to do this than just dragging over them with the node tool and repeatedly pressing the delete key?
    – Scratchifier
    Sep 29 '15 at 22:34
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    @Scratchifier- You can use Path- Break Apart instead of deleting individual nodes. (For letters where you have a hollow space in the middle this command clubs entirely, in which case you need to use Path-Difference to obtain the hollow space)
    – chanduc
    Sep 30 '15 at 0:42
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    @chanduc: You could also just combine again instead of using difference. I expanded my answer on this.
    – Wrzlprmft ♦
    Sep 30 '15 at 5:53
  • @Wrzlprmft: Thanks, I didn't try this before. Looks like this is more convenient than the difference method. But this method only works when even-odd fill rule is selected.
    – chanduc
    Sep 30 '15 at 16:54

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