If the text comes into Inkscape as a set of curves (rather than as editable text), you do not need to do anything to it.
If the text comes into Inkscape as editable text (rather than as a set of curves), you’ll need to convert it to curves before plotting. To do so, first select the text, and then from the Path menu, choose the option “Object to Path.”
Can you say in which way the “Eggbot started to act weird?”
