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Harriet248032247zb1
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October 20, 2022
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Edit Text

  • October 20, 2022
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I am new to Illustrator and am attempting to edit text in a file. I have taken a previously created document and saved as a new file. It's just simple text (a person's name) that I need to edit and change to a new name. This file will be saved as an svg file to cut out on vinyl and adhered to a sign.  Any help is appreciated!! 

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kphotopage
kphotopage
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October 21, 2022

Harriet Hi.

Avenir Next Condensed Bold is a good match.

I already had this font installed and activated.

 

Here is one site you can find.

https://fontsfree.net/avenir-next-condensed-bold-font-download.html

 

K

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Harriet248032247zb1Author
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October 21, 2022

Thank you, I will try that.

Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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October 20, 2022

Can you give some details of what is preventing you from succeeding?

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Harriet248032247zb1Author
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October 20, 2022

Sure, I have tried highlighting the text to edit but it doesn't work. I saw another post that said something editing layers. On the right side of the screen it says Layer 1. 

Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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October 20, 2022

This is what the file says. So how do I make the new text look the same?


That information is the settings for your text tool. It doesn't tell you anything about the letters that exist in the file (because as far as AI is concerned, there is no longer any text in the file.

 

Try posting an image to this link to identify the font:

https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont

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