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kelleCoughdrop
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July 29, 2010
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How to convert text to curves?????

  • July 29, 2010
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Hi all,

I have a document that i need to send to a printes and they have informed me that I need to convert any text to curves!!!!!  I am very new to Illustrator and I have no idea how to do this.

Is there anyone that could please help me?

Thanks

Kelle

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    defaultwuopayc3kz63
    Participant
    August 27, 2021

    Hi,

     

    New to illustrator as well. When I select my text and go to the >Type > Create Outlines menu items it is greyed out. Not sure how to correct this.

     

    Thanks

     

    Kevin

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    defaultwuopayc3kz63
    Participant
    August 27, 2021

    Hopefully this is viewable.

     

    Anshul_Saini
    Community Manager
    Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    August 28, 2021

    Here is the expanded layer screenshot. I was able to select one letter and change it. ok, this is weird I earlier I thought I was adding a line around the lettering since I wasn't able to find a tool to Bold the letters. That tool was at the bottom of the Properties section but went away after I used it.

     

    So the Create Outlines at the bottom of the Properties under Quick Actions is the same tool?

     

    This leads me to my next question: How do I make lettering bold?

     

    Thank you for your time on this!

     

    Kevin 


    Thank you for sharing the screenshot. Yes, the Create Outlines option at the bottom of the Properties under Quick Actions is the same tool under the Type menu.
    To make letters bold, you will need to use a Font in which a bold instance of that font is available.

     

    Some fonts don't have a bold instance available in that case; you can't make text bold.

     


    But you may try this workaround to make text bold even if they don't have Bold instance available - Select text > Create Outlines > Go to Object menu > Path > Offset path. You may check out this YouTube tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8bUa-ZmYaA) on how to do that.

     

    Let us know if you need any further assistance. We'd be happy to help.

     

    Thanks & Regards,

    Anshul Saini

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    KC29
    Participating Frequently
    July 29, 2010

    Select all the text on the document

    Then go to  > Type > Create outlines

    Make sure you save a version for yourself where this hasn't been done, because once a document has been converted like this you can't undo it

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