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Joseph298942323ksv
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July 11, 2023
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Exporting multiple objects (calligraphy) to individual SVG files

  • July 11, 2023
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I have multiple .ai files, each file with objects (word) in form of calligraphy. I want to export each word of the page to an SVG file for later web usage. Each page have roughly some 20 'words' with different x-heights, depending on the combinition of letters of the calligraphy, see attached.

 

How do I go about this work of splitting words, while ensuring they are aligned and keep the same fixed height, and store each word as an SVG in the best possible way?

 

Cheers

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Correct answer Monika Gause

TRy applying a clipping mask of equal height to each of them, so they can be aligned using the mask.

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 11, 2023

TRy applying a clipping mask of equal height to each of them, so they can be aligned using the mask.

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    Joseph298942323ksvAuthor
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    July 11, 2023

    This point is key to get the same equal height. However when I draw multiple rectangle - all with same height - that is one for each "word", when I then select the first rectangle + "word" and mask, I get the desired result for that first word. I can then drag the first one to the Asset export window, but as soon as I unmask (release mask) to move on to the second word, the asset result visually 'change' to the whole .ai file, see attached before/after screen dumps.

     

    I'm sharing (link) a sample page in .ai... I count more than 1000+ "words" across multiple the pages that I need to process, in short: is there a smarter way of approaching this?

     

    Thank you

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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    July 11, 2023

    Don't unmask them. Use copies of the rectangle for all the words.

    Mike_Gondek10189183
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    Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
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    July 11, 2023
    1. Make group of all the itmes.
    2. Window >> Asset export.
    3. Drag them one by one to the top half
    4. Rename them, so they are not named Asset 1 when they export
    5. Change file format to svg
    6. Click on the icon to change settings
    7. On this new window click on the gear icon, then choose svg, make sure you have convert to outlines on, unless you wish to embed font. For Arabic I recommend convert to outlines to better avoid tech issues.
    8. Click Export - will put them in a folder

     

     

     

     

     

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