clipping mask issue with words

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April 25, 2017
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I am trying to create a clipping mask with a name and below it a number

the name is one size

the number is another size.

I have tried to make a compound path of the name and number, but that option is not there when I try it.

There is a name above this number that disappears when I do the mask

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Correct answer Myra Ferguson

Put the name and the number in the same text box even if they are different sizes (adjust the leading as needed). Then make the clipping mask.

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dssbatsAuthor

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Ton Frederiks

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Like Myra said, make a single textbox:

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dssbatsAuthor

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well I give up, this is what happens when I follow your tutorial .. I have tried with a jpeg image, ai image, this is not supposed to be this difficult is it?

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dssbatsAuthor

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I am 100% self taught, sorry I don't understand

any help is really appreciated

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DougKatz9966516

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I believe you can also make a clipping mask with multiple, live text objects. Select them all, option-click the Unite button in the Pathfinder panel. This will make a compound shape (different from a compound path). Now, with the new compound shape in front, select it and the object(s) or image(s) you want to clip and press command-7.

Am I wrong about this option?

Ton Frederiks

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That's another option that works!

macpawel

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Yes, true! - but it's not the same

Pawel

macpawel

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You can use only one path (or text) as clipping mask. You are right to prepare compound path. But. You have to convert text into Outlines or use Myra's mtehod - - prepare one text object (one frame) with text. Use Character Panel, Paragraph Panel or Touch Typoe Tool to adjust text settings and then use one object as clipping mask.

Mask Mast be a single object (or compound path)

Pawel