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rylook13
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March 28, 2017
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How to Merge Illustrator Layers

  • March 28, 2017
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How to merge Illustrator layers? I try to create a font with icomoon but as the layers of my icons are not merged I find myself with 4 path / 4 glyphs.

Here are the CSS I have out, I would like to have only one, can anyone advise me on this manipulation please?

.icon-picto-exemple-(1) .path1:before {

  content: "\e900";

  color: rgb(252, 192, 7);

}

.icon-picto-exemple-(1) .path2:before {

  content: "\e901";

  margin-left: -1em;

  color: rgb(252, 192, 7);

}

.icon-picto-exemple-(1) .path3:before {

  content: "\e902";

  margin-left: -1em;

  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);

}

.icon-picto-exemple-(1) .path4:before {

  content: "\e903";

  margin-left: -1em;

  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);

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    rylook13Author
    Participant
    March 28, 2017

    I have not tried I had already tried for 2 hours all the options of the path and layers, there I tried for 1h again the shortcut ... but it does not work.

    I'm on illustrator cs5 in french version it's really difficult when you do not know or look but I know it's possible and even easy once you know what to do. I have browsed the doc no longer works impossible to merge all the layers select by keeping the color I succeeded without knowing how the icon was black.

    Too bad I want to use more svg for icons instead of png when shapes are complex they are difficult to export.

    Here is a screenshot to visualize what I want to do, merge selected layers

    Thank you for you help

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2017

    Ungroup it and then make a compoud path.

    A coumpound path can only have one color. But in your object it should work, because those are not different colors, just holes.

    Please see a translation of menu items here:

    http://vektorgarten.de/illustrator-polyglott.html

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2017

    Most likely you will need to create  compound path.

    Please research it in the documentation.

    macpawel
    macpawel
    Participating Frequently
    March 28, 2017

    I think Monika's anwser is correct.

    Just select all paths and choose Object / Compound path ? Make or use CTRL/Cmd + 8

    Pawel

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    rylook13Author
    Participant
    March 28, 2017

    Thank you I will try right away

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