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The further you drag it the larger your offset will be ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Drag it away from your word. Click on the small white diamond which should be somewhere along the top of your word. You will follow these directions for that Path > Linked offset at the bottom of the page choose a contrasting color. Path > Object to Path Object > Ungroup Path > Union ​ ​ ​ Once you have done those steps your text will now be a path that the cutting machine can follow. Once you have selected the font you would like to you will need to follow the following menu prompts to make the text a path so that the cutting machines can read the lines and text. One of the reasons I love Inkscape is because it automatically kerns the letters for you. The font selection is a drop down menu in the upper left. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Now you can change your text to any font you want by selecting the A on the left hand side again and clicking your text.

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ One more step before you change your text is to deselect the snapping tool. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Arrows will appear around your text, holding CTRL or CMND on your keyboard while dragging one of the arrows outward will increase the size of your text. Simply click the selection tool (the black arrow) at the top left of the screen and click on your text. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ The font is likely going to be very small so you will want to make it larger to see it. Begin by typing in your text, you can use anything that you want to. ​ Begin clicking the A on the left hand side and click anywhere on your screen. ​ ​ ​ You will begin by opening Inkscape on your computer. Inkscape is only available on PC and Mac and not on mobile devices or tablets at this time.