InkScape possibly uses the stroke orientatiion. Experiment:
It is easy to see in which direction each stroke is stroked (the red to green fade). Coincidentally all outlines (including the dot on the i) are clockwise and all the holes are counter-clockwise.
Experimenting further using a character with a dot inside a hole (the zero in some fixed-width programming fonts), this rule is confirmed:
Conclusion: hang on. If I find a way to determine the orientation of a stroke, I could have a solution before the end of the weekend. Can you post an XCF with your text path?
- Create text with letters having inner loops
- Layer>Text to path
- Break path part with my script (which AFAIK keeps the stroke orientation)
- Stroke each path with Fade>Color dynamics, with a two-colors gradient and a short fade length
It is easy to see in which direction each stroke is stroked (the red to green fade). Coincidentally all outlines (including the dot on the i) are clockwise and all the holes are counter-clockwise.
Experimenting further using a character with a dot inside a hole (the zero in some fixed-width programming fonts), this rule is confirmed:
Conclusion: hang on. If I find a way to determine the orientation of a stroke, I could have a solution before the end of the weekend. Can you post an XCF with your text path?