You can flow text into arbitrary shapes in inkscape. (From a hint here ).You simply create a text box, type your text into it, create a frame with some drawing tool, select both the text box and the frame (click and shift) and then go to text->flow into frame.UPDATE:The omnipresent anonymous asked:Trying to enter sentence so that text forms the number three...any ideas?The solution:Type '3' using the text toolConvert to path using object->pathSize as necessaryRemove fillType in actual text in new text boxSelect the text and the '3'Flow the text