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Need help to "crop/delete" empty space

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 15, 2022
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Hello,

I am new to Adobe Illustrator since last night and I am trying to delete/crop away some empty space from a logo I have made.

I have searched but not found a simple way to do it, probably because I lack the termenology so I do not know what words to use when searching for the problem I am trying to solve.

Please see attached print screen where I have marked the area which I would like to remove/delete. The end goal is to make sure that when I edit the size of the "drawing area/canvas" and auto adapt it to the size of the drawing (logo), the white (empty space) area should go away. To be clear, the white area underneath the logo text is not part of the logo and should be removed.

Thanks in advance for any help given.

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pixxxelschubser

Community Expert

Untestet, but with no other tricks.

Save a copy and outline the text. Crop the artboard and delete all paths. Go to your original document and copy your live-text-logo. Paste in or paste in place in your empty (copied) document and save again.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

The text is still editable. That's a no-go when delivering a logo. You should keep a version of the logo with "live" text for yourself, but for the client, outline text (Type > Convert to outline) and then adjust the artboard and then send to the client.

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Victor27577007187dAuthor

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Ok, thanks for the advice @Monika Gause . But will this solve my problem?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

That space below the logo is caused by the text object. Why don't you try it out and see?

Mylenium

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Invoke the artboard tool, fit it to the artwork.

Mylenium

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Victor27577007187dAuthor

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Thanks @Mylenium but I have already tried that and I am not sure if it works. Because when I select all abjects the blue frame seems to tell me that there is still something outside of the artboard. Also, when I test and adjuste the size of the artboard using the setting "adjust to drawing" (I am using Swedish version so I do not know what it is called in english..) it expands again. Please see attached print screen.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

To remove single anchor points and empty text objects try: Objects > Paths > Clean Up...

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