How to use the Paint Bucket Tool in Inkscape to quickly give your text an offset (also called shadow, mat, border or margin) of a given width. For more information and step by step instructions, please visit http://cleversomeday.com/easyoffset/ Important: If you are a beginner to Inkscape please watch my Paint Bucket Intro video first for more details on the Paint Bucket Tool, including how to get your defaults to match mine    • Inkscape Paint Bucket Basics