# Figma like “Flatten” feature missing in Penpot

**URL:** https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-like-flatten-feature-missing-in-penpot/9347
**Category:** Help us improve Penpot
**Tags:** feature-request
**Created:** [July 17, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-like-flatten-feature-missing-in-penpot/9347 "2025-07-17T12:52:04Z")
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### Author: ![minnix](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/minnix/32/8368_2.png) [@minnix](https://community.penpot.app/u/minnix)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-like-flatten-feature-missing-in-penpot/9347/1 "2025-07-17T12:52:04Z")

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Please add a “Flatten” feature like Figma’s so we can turn strokes, text, or grouped elements into editable vector shapes right inside Penpot.

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### Author: ![candidexmedia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/candidexmedia/32/9178_2.png) [@candidexmedia](https://community.penpot.app/u/candidexmedia)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-like-flatten-feature-missing-in-penpot/9347/2 "2025-07-18T18:02:59Z")

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See:

> <https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/1342>
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> \*\*Describe the solution you'd like\*\*
> I would like to be able to also flatten te…xt as a path. This would allow for text to have additional functions like other vector objects (namely, adding a stroke outline and removing the fill).
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> This would also allow for text to be distorted in interesting ways.
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> Here is a demo from Inkscape:
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> https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55474996/141712900-16e90f6e-ec44-4eb5-8aa7-942ea682e116.mp4