drawing outline on svg file having multiple paths

[darkworks]

Am wondering is it would be possible to draw outline on svg file which have multiple paths , currently it can draw outline on single path , so is it possible to draw on multiple paths files ,
example

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" width="227.178pt" height="191.646pt" viewBox="0 -191.646 227.178 191.646">
<g id="page1">
<g xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" transform="matrix(1 0 0 -1 0 0)">

<path d="M214.152625 4.988281C216.062896 4.988281 217.890962 5.746094 219.242523 7.097658C220.594084 8.44922 221.351786 10.277342 221.351786 12.187499" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path d="M5.769531 12.121112C5.769531 10.214838 6.527345 8.382804 7.878909 7.031254C9.226564 5.67969 11.058599 4.921875 12.968756 4.921875" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path d="M12.968756 186.722994C11.058599 186.722994 9.226564 185.965009 7.878909 184.613448C6.527345 183.265855 5.769531 181.433821 5.769531 179.523834" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path d="M221.410463 179.523834C221.410463 181.433821 220.648793 183.265855 219.3012 184.613448C217.949639 185.965009 216.117605 186.722994 214.211303 186.722994" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path d="M12.968756 186.722994H214.211303" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path d="M5.769531 179.523834V12.121112" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path d="M221.410463 179.523834V11.753911" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
<path d="M12.968756 4.921875H214.152625" stroke="#ff0ef4" fill="none" stroke-width=".720001" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
</g>
</g>
</svg>

so i have this svg file which have paths of lines and curves making square shape , so can we draw outline over it ? i guess it will need merge of these all paths to single path and then we can use it over it

[rikivesa]

I have exactly the same issue... do you found an solution? Wanted an red outline but in this svg all letters are separate. So stroke mean outline per letter, wanted outline of whole word.

[danmarshall]

@rikivesa can you provide svg and a code sample?

[darkworks]

I have exactly the same issue... do you found an solution? Wanted an red outline but in this svg all letters are separate. So stroke mean outline per letter, wanted outline of whole word.

no i have not found solution for it fully

[rikivesa]

Yeah sure, here's the svg file.

[rikivesa]

<?xml version="1.0"?> <svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="550mm" width="2139px"> <path stroke="#ff0000" stroke-width="4px" fill="#000000" d="M-17,1287q6-14,33-73.5t70.5-155t98-217t115.5-257.5q3-7,6.5-18.5t3.5-22.5t-6.5-18.5t-27.5-7.5q-42,0-69.5,28.5t-41,70.5t-13.5,83q0,10,0.5,17t1.5,14q-19,0-30.5-13.5t-17-33t-5.5-35.5q0-33,18-63t46.5-54t63-37.5t67.5-13.5t55.5,18.5t34,66.5t11.5,139q0,62-4.5,132t-9.5,138t-7,124q16-61,45.5-130t65-137.5t70.5-128.5t63-104t41-64q14-20,24-30.5t26-10.5q14,0,32,7q-7,18-19.5,53.5t-25.5,86.5q-16,61-32,138.5t-29.5,157.5t-21.5,150.5t-8,118.5q0,22,2,34t5.5,21.5t7.5,26.5q-34,0-52-11t-24-35.5t-6-65.5q0-119,30.5-255.5t69.5-283.5q-29,37-60.5,93.5t-63,122t-60,131t-50.5,121.5t-34,93q-6,2-8,3t-7,1q-27,0-35.5-32t-8.5-90q0-41,2.5-97.5t5.5-116.5t5.5-115.5t2.5-95.5q0-20-0.5-33t-1.5-23q-80,186-134,317.5t-90.5,213.5t-64.5,120t-55,38z M844,1244q-61,0-91.5-33.5t-30.5-82.5q0-45,22.5-95t60-94t82.5-71.5t89-27.5q23,0,42.5,12t19.5,49q0,38-22.5,71.5t-59,59.5t-80,42.5t-86.5,20.5q-2,10-3,19t-1,17q0,15,3.5,30t12.5,27.5t24.5,19.5t38.5,7q43,0,85-24.5t78-64.5t61-88l12,9q-27,60-68.5,104t-90,68.5t-98.5,24.5z M795,1076q27-9,61-26.5t65.5-41.5t52-53t20.5-61q0-11-4-17t-17-6q-24,0-51,18.5t-52,48.5t-45,66t-30,72z M1242,1226q-34,0-53.5-18t-19.5-47q0-30,14-63t27.5-65.5t13.5-58.5q0-32-18.5-47.5t-37.5-28.5q-23,59-48,112t-41,80l-9-17q14-26,36.5-76t44.5-114q-10-10-10-24q0-30,17-49t25-19q11,0,12.5,9.5t1.5,14.5t-5.5,19.5t-5.5,17.5q0,14,15.5,25.5t35.5,26t35.5,35t15.5,52.5q0,30-12.5,61t-25,59t-12.5,49q0,18,9,24t21,6q24,0,49.5-15t49.5-38t43-48.5t28-47.5l13,10q-19,42-52,82.5t-73.5,66.5t-83.5,26z M1455,1480q-22,0-40-13.5t-18-44.5q0-30,18.5-55.5t47.5-47t63.5-39.5t65.5-34q14-35,26.5-75.5t24.5-89.5q-38,55-79.5,91.5t-83.5,36.5q-36,0-55.5-27t-19.5-70q0-52,25.5-99t66.5-83t87-56.5t86-20.5q29,0,41.5,9.5t12.5,22.5q0,9-5,14t-7,6q-5-8-15-11.5t-25-3.5q-39,0-75.5,23t-64.5,59t-44.5,74.5t-16.5,70.5q0,24,9.5,36.5t25.5,12.5q29,0,69.5-38.5t78.5-93.5q3-14,5.5-25t6.5-28q3-14,14.5-32.5t36.5-18.5q5,0,10,0.5t11,2.5q0,16-9.5,58.5t-27,99t-40.5,116.5q33-16,64.5-41t57.5-57.5t41-70.5l13,10q-15,45-48,82t-70.5,64t-68.5,42q-28,67-59,122.5t-64.5,88.5t-71.5,33z M1452,1448q20,0,54.5-39.5t74.5-135.5q-40,20-74.5,41.5t-56.5,45.5t-22,53q0,16,7,25.5t17,9.5z M1914,1244q-61,0-91.5-33.5t-30.5-82.5q0-45,22.5-95t60-94t82.5-71.5t89-27.5q23,0,42.5,12t19.5,49q0,38-22.5,71.5t-59,59.5t-80,42.5t-86.5,20.5q-2,10-3,19t-1,17q0,15,3.5,30t12.5,27.5t24.5,19.5t38.5,7q43,0,85-24.5t78-64.5t61-88l12,9q-27,60-68.5,104t-90,68.5t-98.5,24.5z M1865,1076q27-9,61-26.5t65.5-41.5t52-53t20.5-61q0-11-4-17t-17-6q-24,0-51,18.5t-52,48.5t-45,66t-30,72z"/></svg>

[danmarshall]

@rikivesa - are you wanting to draw an outline around the text shapes, or just make a union of each character?
You may want to look at https://danmarshall.github.io/google-font-to-svg-path/

For example, here is each character individually:

https://danmarshall.github.io/google-font-to-svg-path/?font-select=Lily+Script+One&font-variant=regular&input-union=false&input-filled=false&input-kerning=true&input-separate=false&input-text=Merge&input-bezier-accuracy=&dxf-units=cm&input-size=100

And here using the "union" option:

https://danmarshall.github.io/google-font-to-svg-path/?font-select=Lily+Script+One&font-variant=regular&input-union=true&input-filled=false&input-kerning=true&input-separate=false&input-text=Merge&input-bezier-accuracy=&dxf-units=cm&input-size=100

This library is about making surrounding outlines, like these:

[danmarshall]

@darkworks - you should just be able to concatenate all the d attribute values in one path element:

<path d="aaa" />
<path d="bbb" />
<path d="ccc" />
<path d="ddd" />

Change to:

<path d="aaa bbb ccc ddd" />

[rikivesa]

@danmarshall Thankyou! Thats exactly what i mean! :)