Illustrator PDF Box appearing

[Jared Cottenie]

When I save my Illustrator project as a pdf I am getting a semi-transparent box around all of my text. It is not there in illustrator, only when saved as a pdf.

How do I make this go away? 

[Jared Cottenie · Accepted solution]

Solved. Needed to rasterize.

[Ashutosh_Mishra]

Hi Jared,

We're glad to hear that you were able to resolve the issue. Additionally, please check out this help article(https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/using/printing-saving-transparent-artwork.html) to know more about printing & saving transparent artwork. Hope it helps.

Regards,

Ashutosh