Edit Text

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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

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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

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Harriet248032247zb1Author

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Thank you, I will try that.

Doug A Roberts

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

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Harriet248032247zb1Author

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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

Community Expert

Select your text. Open up the layer so you can see what it contains, i.e.:

Post a screenshot of what you find.

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