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Steve Bull
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January 10, 2010
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Create Outlines greyed out when using a certain font

  • January 10, 2010
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Hello all

     I am creating a layout in Illustrator 13.0.2 on a Mac and trying to use the Eurostile font I purchased at the Adobe font store. When using this font "Create Outlines" is greyed out and nothing I've tried has changed this. However, when I change the font "Create Outlines" returns to a viable selection. This leads me to believe the problem lies with the font. Embedding for this font is listed as "Preview & Print" at the Adobe store - it would seem this should be sufficient. I'm certainly no Illustrator expert but there isn't anything unusual about this document. Does anybody have any suggestions?

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    Correct answer hillviewwebsites

    I found that in Illustrator CC 2014 that if I click on the desired text using the direct selection tool arrow that in fact the create outline goes from greyed out back to working again.

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    hillviewwebsitesCorrect answer
    Participant
    June 30, 2014

    I found that in Illustrator CC 2014 that if I click on the desired text using the direct selection tool arrow that in fact the create outline goes from greyed out back to working again.

      RoryFCM
      RoryFCM
      Participant
      September 20, 2014

      Thank you for this suggestion--it worked great!  Everything thing else suggested seemed beyond my comfort level.

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        Zephora
        Participant
        November 29, 2013

        I know this is an old post, but in case anyone else has this problem - one simple possibility is that if you use the "edit envelope" options (button looks like a wavy grid - used to add an arc to the text, etc.), make sure to click back on the "edit contents" option (button looks like a curvy star - has stroke, brush, & opacity options) or Create Outlines will be greyed out.

          Cricket64
          Cricket64
          Participant
          August 19, 2015

          Thank you. That was precisely my issue & I could not figure it out.

          Mylenium
          Mylenium
          Legend
          January 11, 2010

          Conversion should always work, regardless of what the font copyright bits are set to. To me it seems that somehow you are being presented with a cached version that does not contain the native contours. Operating systems do that to optimize on-screen performance e.g. for system fonts or in office applications. Trashing the prefs is a good place, though and while you're at it, the AdobeFnt.lst files everywhere on your drive make good candidates, too.

          Mylenium

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          Wade_Zimmerman1
          Inspiring
          January 11, 2010

          I would trash the preferences and deactivate the font remove the font then reinstall and then activate the font again.

          I have Eurostyle  and it works fine in this regard on the Mac.

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