Vorkosigan & Vectors

[ehyde]

Because of a bookbinding project, I read Vorkosigan saga fanfic for the first time (I liked the books but never sought out the fandom) and then roped myself into a partial series reread. I'm having fun but boy does Barrayar hit differently after experiencing both pregnancy and pregnancy loss.

Relatedly I have learned to warp text and I figured out probably not the most efficient way of outlining a block of text (rather than outlining individual letters), but a way of doing it, at least. I had to get the free trial of Affinity Designer 2 to do warped text, but I'm going to see if Inkscape can do it. I don't do enough vector drawing to need a program I have to pay for (and I don't see myself making that many Baen Books style title pages, either).

Comments

[momijizukamori]

Oof yeah I can see how that would hit different.

Inkscape can definitely warp text onto a pathline, and should be able to do some manipulation if you convert the text object to paths, though idk if it can do any sort of fancy 'fit to shape' stuff.

[lepid0ptera]

Vorkosigan saga is great. I've been trying to get my book club to read it here but unfortunately it's out of print in the UK so they don't want to risk having to buy expensive used copies... I do want to re-read Cordelia's Honor because I didn't like it when I read it as a teen and I suspect I'd like it better now. (Too young to enjoy romance plotlines). I really enjoyed it from Warrior's Apprentice.