White Outlines Around Font When Exporting

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March 15, 2022
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Hello Community,

I made a graphic where a script font weaves in and out of a blocky serif font.

Process:

I converted the block text to outlines, then added the script font on top and converted it to outlines as well. I ungrouped and selected everything, and used the "Divide" function in the Pathfinder window.

As you can see, everything looks ideal in Illustrator. However, when I export to .pdf or even .png, you can see tiny white outlines around the sections that were "divided".

Is there some trick within the export to prevent it from doing this?

Import and export

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

You could try if selecting all black objects and Unite them helps.

Or Rasterize them in Illustrator before exporting to an image.

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Marley,

Depending on the actual appearance/combination of the fonts, I believe there can be more suitable ways than Divide.

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Marley C.Author

Inspiring

Jacob,

If you have more suitable ways that don't produce the result that is the reason I posted, I would be tremendously helpful if you elaborated on exactly what those methods were.

Thanks in Advance!

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Marley,

With the Unite solution from Ton, there is less/no need for other ways.

But in a simple case as the one shown where the cutout/knockout part in front of the block letter ends at straight sides on the latter, with Smart Guides being your friends you can:

1) With the Pen Tool Click at the intersections between block letter and script text, first on one side then on the other to from two straight paths;

2) Lock the block text and select each of the new paths and Object>Path>Divide Objects Below; this will cut your script text in three;

3) Select the middle script text path above the block letter and delete it, then Group the remaining parts of the script text.