I am an invitation designer. I use my own post script printer for printing. I get a better print quality when I convert text to outlines, but I was wondering .. is there any difference if I convert text to outlines by using Type --> Create outlines or if I do it from the Overprint and Transparency Flattener Options window in the advanced print settings?
View 4 RepliesI always did: Text > Convert to outlines, but that option is lost and I can't find it anywhere...
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have created a page full of column and line graphs for our newspaper operation.
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Our output and printing specs are such that we always convert type to outlines to be safe for any device in the production pipeline that might be missing a font.
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On this page of graphs, all the descriptive type and graphics I have added to the page let me do this.
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But when I select the type that belongs to the graph and choose Create Outlines in the Type menu, it does not create outlines.
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I also cannot delete that type.
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How can I force this type to turn into outlines/paths?
I have a file built in AI CS6. The file was supplied to us with live type. It is common practice for us to convert live type to outlines to avoid any unforeseen type re-flow at the rip. This particular file added a character at the end of a line that wasn't there before the conversion. I have attached screen shots. Is there a way to post the native file to this forum?   Â
View 5 Replies View Relatedwhy i cant save my projects if i dont convert fonts into the outlines
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to script the menu item Object/Path/Outline Stroke?I need to cycle through all the Path items in the document and convert them to Outlines.
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Question: Is there a way to generate simple outlines of the object and export those outlines as paths to Illustrator?
I try to export an Illustrator file as JPG and CMYK and it will always results as and outline text without fill.
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I changed them to try a diferent output but nothing will modify.
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Finally i saved the file as PDF and then exported as JPG but the resolution is not very good besides i would like to be able to export directly from AI where i have more control settings.
I am having a weird problem with some files I'm getting from a third party. They are created in CS4, then saved to EPS v.10. I need the text in the file to remain live, but every time it gets saved to EPS 10, it gets outlined. URL....
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I have been able to verify that ligatures is sometimes the culprit, but I think there's something in the way this one person is creating the files that's causing the problem. I've opened hundreds of EPS 10 files from other users that have live type. Yet when I take this one person's original AI file and down-save it, the text gets outlined.
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It's a very simple file - no transparency or other red flags that I can see. At first I thought maybe it was just the font, but I have used the same font in tests, and down-saved to v.10, with no text outlining.
So I have text that I would like warp in an Arc. I will be cutting this on a plotter. WHen I use the envelope distort the envelope blocks my text in outline mode. If I go to Effect>Arc the warp only occurs in preview but the outlines do not change as the plotter would see it.
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I'm sure there is some way to warp text into an arc and have the outlines remain visible and warped for the plottter to cut, no?
Why do blocks appears behind text when converting to outlines? This only effects some text, even though the font and character attributes are the same.
View 6 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to select all of the text on all artboards and CREATE OUTLINES using Javascript? The text that Adobe provides for scripting has this option for saving to FXGs which is preserveTextPolicy or something similar, but I need the same type of solution for saving as an AI file or as a command before the save. I'm currently working in windows, but am writing this script for use on a MAC. If there isn't an internal way of doing this through Javascript? I would imagine it would be possible through Applescript since it can access the application's GUI, but I'm not sure. A javascript solution would be preferable, but any solution would work at this point.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to create a logo whose letters have an image in them - which I've got figured out (turning letters to outlines, creating clipping mask with image). The trouble is, once the image is inside the letters, I can't figure out how to then give the letters a thin stroke outline. Is this possible? The image I've placed is high contrast black and white, so when I create the clipping mask, large chunks of the letters disappear.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI often need to convert all outlines to objects in a design before I send it out or when I create a flash base for screen printing. Â I know how to convert and outline to an object, but my question is:
How do i convert ALL outlines to objects at the same time? Â Is there a function I'm missing or possibly a macro? Â Also, I don't want to have to select every outline myself. Â I'm already doing that and ctrl/shift/Q. Â Also, If I'm forced/limited to doing it myself manually, there's always the chance that I miss one. Â I cannot believe that this isn't a native function.
When I export a page as Illustrator CS4, I choose the option "Convert outlines to objects" but it doesn't seem to do what I expect. It does fix the issue of missing arrowheads on lines, but it doesn't convert the outlines to fills as I expected -- is that correct? I wish there was an option to convert lines to fills on export.
View 8 Replies View RelatedHow to convert all the outlines to objects at once or to applies particularly for selection only?
View 10 Replies View RelatedIs there any free macro or any script in this forum to convert all the outlines (in a document or page) to objects .
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have recived an illustrator file which ontains some text and I have to update the labels on the file but it seems the text has been chnged to Outlines Path. how i can convert them to regular editable text type?
View 4 Replies View RelatedEmbedding substitutes fonts with OK button on prompt at best. Flattener forces a rasterize when trying to keep proper colors. Don't see many options beyond importing twice with both methods, then removing elements that don't work from each.
View 6 Replies View Relatedwondering if theres a way to open up my saved .ase files as a text file.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a friend still using PS 5.5, OK, OK it's me. How would I create a SHARP outline around text or anything else. I've tried outerglow, stroke and expanding the selection. The problem is, wherever the font or shape has a sharp or 90 degree angle, the outline rounds off at that point.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to recreate a 'retro' style postcard, with 3d block lettering. I was able to create the 3d text, but I'm got stumped when it came to getting an outline to run along all of the 'lines' of the text and shadow (I'm trying to make it look like old hand drawn block letters). I'm attaching an example of the look I'm going for, as well as where I got to before I was stumped. As you can see, I was able to get the outline for each letter to go around the entire letter and shadow, but I want each of the 'lines' to go around the letter, the shadow, and the lines connecting the two (like it is in the example).
View 2 Replies View RelatedHow can I convert the shape of textbox to rectanglebox and fill any desired color into it? Can any API do so?
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Here are steps that I follow in illustrator to convert the shape.
1. Create a textframe.
2. Select, choose "effect->convert to shape" menu-item.
3. Create a new fill from Appearence palette(Window->Appearance).
4. Fill the desired color from color palette(Window->Color).
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I want to obtain the same result using API.
How do I "get outlines" in Illustrator CS6. Option was available in version 4, but now is gone. Have tried copying an InDesign-created outline but it will not copy.
View 1 Replies View RelatedRecently any outlines that I put on Text or Objects has been coming out "Notched".
I cannot be certain when this started happening, but i have tested files I have created in X6, saved down to X3 and printed from a different computer (running X3) with the same result.
Even PDFs created from this installation of X6 have this outline issue.
I have uninstalled my printer and reinstalled to see if that was the issue (HP Color LaserJet 3700). This same issue also occured on a different HP Color Laserjet 4650. These are both using PCL 5 drivers, as installed by Windows 7.
I have also tried different "Line Caps" settings, but no luck.
 This nex screen shot is a scan of the printout of the above file. as you can see the text outlines and box outlines are notched.
 This is a screen cap of the settings i have used, although it doesnt matter if I use, behind fill or not, the result is the same.
I just thought I would ask... and it may be impossible... Is there a way to convert text to a stroke/strokes instead of a filled path?
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Let's say I have some text (black) with a black stroke on it. (It creates the look I want, without using BOLD.)
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How can I convert this text to include the stroke as one entire object? No stroke, just one entire vector shape?
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(I notice if you import text this way into Flash, convert to a symbol and fade up from zero opacity, you see the fill as a different value than the stroke value - very annoying.)
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Is there a Pathfinder command that I can use to fix this text?
I can add an outline with layer styles, but I want the outlines with no content inside them.
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The McDaily Deals text on the following facebook page is an example. Zoom in on the image to see what I'm talking about URL....
Why does adding a FX (Distort - Ocean Ripple) to text (converted to outlines) or a basic shape, change it back to pixels and blocky? Why doesn't it stay as smooth bezier curves? Is this a possible bug?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am trying to convert a fairly simple logo to a vector for printing in t-shirts. When I did it years ago, I used live trace and emailed it off to the printer and it worked fine, this time, using the lastest version of ai, the printer keeps saying it is not a vector, despite using live trace.
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The printer's website says to "place" the logo, use "select all" then use "outlines."Â I can place the logo, but can't select all, I try alt A and it just beeps at me.