# Drawing inside a shape

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-inside-a-shape/34685
**Category:** Project Guidance
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-inside-a-shape/34685 "2022-01-17T01:09:13Z")
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### Author: ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/drawing-inside-a-shape/34685/2 "2022-01-17T14:09:31Z")

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maybe mask() command?

see [Reference / Processing.org](https://processing.org/reference/mask_.html)

For complex work with the outline of letters

see [How to 'deform' a text generated with theGeomerative library?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-deform-a-text-generated-with-thegeomerative-library/1147)

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