The short answer is yes, Photoshop is the appropriate tool to change the color of a raster (pixel) image.   Peter ... View more

Type or paste your text. There should be a handle near the start of the type:   Drag it to the start of the path. Since you have Paragraph set to Align center, your type should properly align to the middle of the path. Have I missed what the problem is here?   Peter Edit: Late as usual. ... View more

What, if anything, actually happens when you try to paste these characters? When I copy/paste these characters from your original post, using the default Adobe Illustrator font (Myriad Pro), I get this: which tells me that the font does not include all the necessary characters. With the type selected I applied other fonts until I found one that included the necessary glyphs:   The Makary Kotoko language is not listed in the data for this font, so I'm assuming this language shares glyphs with other languages that are included.   If this does not address your problem, please explain in more detail   Thanks, Peter     ... View more

Exit Isolation Mode before copying and pasting. You can then select the new objects and intertwine,   Peter ... View more

It's likely that you accidentally pressed the keyboard shortcut to switch from Preview to Outline mode. Go to View menu > Preview or press cmd/ctrl Y.   Peter ... View more

With the white-filled background path selected, open the Appearance panel (Window menu > Appearance). Click the disclosure arrows (circled) on the left to show any effects which have been applied. In my example, you can see that a Transform effect has been applied to the stroke, as well as the blending mode Difference. To remove the Transform effect, click once on the effect in the Appearance panel, then click the Delete icon at lower right. To alter the appearance, double-click the effect to access options.   Click Opacity under the Transform effect to show/change Blending mode options.     Peter     ... View more

Working with the copy of the artwork, excluding the background: Not necessary to outline the stroke, as all paths are filled and unstroked. 1) Select everything and unite. 2) Ungroup 3) In the Layers panel (or with the Group Selection Tool) select the large compound path that is the main body of the artwork and release it. (Find the compound path that is the spindly stem at upper left and hide it) 4) Select the large path and hide it. 5) Select any of the remaining paths that you may wish to keep by shift-clicking, not dragging. 6) Go to Select menu > Inverse. 7) Delete. 8) Unhide. 9) Select All. 10) Make compound path.   As far as I know that's about as simple as it gets, but odds are good that I'm not the smartest one here!   Peter   ... View more

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "solidify…into a pdf" since you've already created a pdf.   To remove the white fill from the hanger, select the hanger with the Selection Tool (black arrowhead), then go to the Tools panel, Control panel, or Properties panel and find the controls for fill and stroke. Click on the fill button, which will show in the Tools panel as a large white square, then on the no-fill button (square with the red slash). The hanger should now be just the blue stroke. There is no other fill or background.   Your document also has several stray paths and type objects that you should delete: go to the Window menu > Layers to open the Layers panel. Click the black disclosure arrow to the left of Layer 1 to show the list of objects in the layer. Click to the right of the targeting circles at the right of the panel to select items to delete (shift-click for multiple items), then press delete. Obviously, do not delete the items "David's", "Thrifts", and the path that is the hanger.   Peter ... View more

Different programs will inevitably have different features, and require different behaviors to accomplish similar tasks. You are welcome to submit a feature request at https://illustrator.uservoice.com/ along with as much explanation and justification as you care to provide.   Peter ... View more

Other ways to turn it off are to go to View menu > Perspective Grid > Hide or to press cmd/ctrl + shift + I.   Peter ... View more