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January 30, 2023
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Hey there! I downloade a retro font from this site and doesn't let me do any changes.

  • January 30, 2023
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https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/833582-retro-3d-seventies-alphabet

 

I clicked on the downloaded file that I had, open it and this is what came up. Maybe it's just not editable? I couldn't really do much with it.  Thank you

 

 

 

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 30, 2023

You could take a look into the Graphic styles panel. Sometimes only the art on the artboard is outlined, but there is still a graphic style you can use.

 

Here is a link about clipart containing styles: The Vector Clipart Missing Manual: Styles 

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 30, 2023

It didn't occur to me to look! Yes, there is one for the large text and one for the small:

 

Imaginerie
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 30, 2023

Doug is right,

You can have a look at how to copy and apply graphic styles in Illustrator

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/illustrator/using/graphic-styles.html

 

That means you could copy the effects (different colours, transformation, offsets etc) from the file you downloaded, onto a new text file you created. You will then be able to tweak those different elements to make it your own. (best way to learn is to reverse-engineer, I found).
Have a good look at the appeareance panel, and play with all the effects. You'll soon be able to make your own!

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 30, 2023

It depends what you mean by 'editable'. These are all editable paths:

But this is effectively an illustration of an alphabet, not a usable font file.

If you want to do something similar with live text, you could try this:

Each stroke has a transform effect with a small move value and an increasing number of copies. With a rounded font like this, it should have a comparable quality to the original (which appears to also have been created with blends or copies).

 

Mylenium
Legend
January 30, 2023

Have you actually checked the structure in the layers palette?

 

Mylenium