I landed in this forum by accident (meant to click on the XaraX forum) and read this thread. I decided to open XaraX and try to make an editable text outline. It was ridiculously easy. I used the Valken font. Then I added a 1 pt outline. Then I used Arrange+Convert Line To Shape and the filling of the letters disappeared, leaving the outline which is now a shape I can edit like any other shape: