How to convert text to SVG paths?

Question

I have a font in ttf file and want to generate SVG with text turned into paths. I don\'t need image (so using imagettftext or Image Magick font rendering capabilities is not

Answer 1

A workaround is using inkscape (execute it via exec or so after saving the SVG document to file.svg). In inkscape 0.49+, you can simply pass --export-to-svg and --export-text-to-path, like this:

$ inkscape file_text.svg --export-text-to-path --export-plain-svg file_shapes.svg

In inkscape < 0.49, you can manually script inkscape (note that this requires an X server):

$ inkscape --with-gui --verb EditSelectAll --verb ObjectToPath --verb FileSave \
           --verb FileQuit file.svg