How to create outlines?

[chongl43868165]

In illustrator, i can create outline for text.

How should I do the same in Acrobat SDK?

[Bernd Alheit]

In Adobe Acrobat DC Pro you can use the Preflight tool for this.

[chongl43868165]

I want to do it with my program

[Bernd Alheit]

You will use Adobe Acrobat or not?

[chongl43868165]

Yes.

I'm working on a Acrobat plug-in.

I want to know how to implement conversion text to outline in the plug-in.

[Bernd Alheit]

May be that you can execute preflight profile in the plugin.

[chongl43868165]

I'm not too good at using Acrobat

What should I do?

Can you say something about the procedure?

Thanks.

[lrosenth · Accepted solution]

You need to read the documentation on how to automate the Preflight plugi. Basically that’s via JavaScript and the AFExecuteThisScript() API.

Please note that outlining fonts has a lot of negative implications and should be considered a very last resort and then only used when printing.

[chongl43868165]

I found the way to use Preflight

1. var oProfile = Preflight.getProfileByName("Magazine Ads")

Can I customize profile in Acrobat?

[Bernd Alheit]

Why want you customize profiles?

[chongl43868165]

I want to set profile according to the specific requirements

[Bernd Alheit]

Use the existing profile.

Preflight.getProfileByName("Convert fonts to outlines");

[lrosenth]

Of course – use the Preflight UI to create it.