infundibulum

Inkscape is an awesome free illustration program which is available for OSX, Windows, and Linux. It’s kind of like Adobe Illustrator, from what I understand.

Anyway, and now a stupid Inkscape trick:

1. We want to put an outline around this text.
2. You can choose Object → Fill and Stroke → Stroke Paint and add a border in the color of your choosing.
3. You can adjust the thickness of the border with Object → Fill and Stroke → Stroke style, but if you set the width to a high value it turns ugly.
4. The solution is simply to make a copy of the orignal and remove the border. Then make sure the borderless copy is above the bordered copy by selecting the borderless copy and doing a Object → Raise to top. Then select them both, and do Object → Align and distribute, and align their centers vertically and horizontally.
5. Voilà. Tweak the fonts and border size, impress your friends.