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wimvandijck
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May 6, 2011
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How to invert font color relative to background?

  • May 6, 2011
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Hi gurus,

I have an object which is basically a sunburst, in black and white. On top of that I want some text to be displayed, but where the background is black, I want the text to be white, and vice versa. How should I go about doing this?

Please be gentle, it's a learning experience

I've been searching for a couple of hours to no avail. Is this that complicated to do?

Kindest regards,

Wim

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    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Wim,

    You may outline the Type, tick Use Even - Odd Fill Rule, select everything, and Object>Compound Path>Make (white becomes transparent).

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    Alexander Oros
    Participant
    June 14, 2020

    I'm so confused on this. You said "you may outline the type, tick Use Even - Odd Fill Rule,..." but where can i find this? I've been struggling to look for this in adobe 😧

    Larry G. Schneider
    Community Expert
    Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 15, 2020

    It's in the Attributes panel. 

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    Alexander Oros
    Participant
    June 15, 2020

    Thanks for this, but if it's not any trouble could you direct me to that panel? I'm completely 100% new to this software and need some help with navigating to that attributes panel. 

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 6, 2011

    Wim,

    You may outline the Type, tick Use Even - Odd Fill Rule, select everything, and Object>Compound Path>Make (white becomes transparent).

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    wimvandijckAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    May 6, 2011

    Hey Jacob,

    thanks for your answer.

    Alas, I can't outline the text... The "create outlines" is greyed out. When I click on "Use Even-Odd Fill Rule", it immediately jumps back to "Use Non-Zero Winding Fill Rule" and I can't create a Compound Path because (I presume) the text is still tekt and not a path?

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    wimvandijckAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    May 6, 2011

    ok.

    sorry

    I didn't have the Select tool selected

    I can outline the font, Use the Even-Odd Fill Rule, but when I make the Compound Path, what happens is the inverse of what I want.

    The text stays black over the black part, and becomes transparent over the white part...

    (so it basically becomes invisible... )

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