For my part you are welcome, gerbiljo.     ... View more

aferwardsness,   As a further addition, here is the latest thread where Use Preview Bouds has caused trouble for general workflows:   https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/illustrator-is-measuring-the-size-of-the-drop-shadow-on-shape-no-the-path-of-the-shape/td-p/14900478 ... View more

Thank you for the clarification, BR112.   I can see that you need to replace the black with white.   You can still try and compare as suggested and consider which CMY combination may create a suitable black, and you can see directly what happens at different high TIC values.   It may also still be worth looking at the manual and asking Canon.   In addition, some of our forum friends have deep knowledge about TIC limits (which are more well described for other kinds of inks).   What say you, Bobby? @Bobby Henderson  ... View more

Jorge,   Unfortunately, no video option; I hope the following can help solve your issues.   I have no font as bold as yours, so I have used a Helvetica Bold at 72 pt font size, following the two sets of instructions above. The columns show (left to right):   Live Type and two Offset effects applied at +20pt and -10pt Outlined Type and two Offset effects applied at +20pt and -10pt Outlined Type and two Offsets applied at +20pt and -10pt Outlined Type and two Offsets applied at +30pt and -20pt Outlined Type and two Offsets applied at +60pt and -50pt Outlined Type and two Offsets applied at +120pt and -110pt   As you can see, going from live Type removes the dent at the top. Going from effect to normal offset at the same values makes no difference. Increasing the first offset (and similarly the second offset straightens the top, and softens the bottom.   Depending on how far you wish to go in straightening/softening, you can try the different options and values.   The set of images can be enlarged, see below.       Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still ... View more

You are welcome, BR112.   I am still unsure: Do you need all of the other inks Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow, in the same print as the white and (some form of) black?   If not, I suppose you can replace the unneeded ink with white and use the normal K black.   ... View more

BR112,   There is a limit to the TIC = Total Ink Coverage (also called TAC = Total Area Coverage), and you may be able to see it in the printer manual, or ask Canon.   There is a saying in English: the proof of the pudding is the eating (I wonder whether there is something similar in German).   You can try out different things and see the outcome, maybe start by making some test prints (small areas at least to start with) and try   100%C+100%M+100%Y, 100%C+100%M Other percentages of C+M+Y or C+M 100%K   and compare the actual colours with 100%K as the reference colour, to see whether which combination(s) can give you a suitable black, including which percentages are enough.   But I have another question:   Do you need to use all of C and M and Y together with white in the same print?   Otherwise, I suppose you can replace the unneeded one with white and use K as usual.   ... View more

Certainly a crucial task in gardening, Ton.   Sometimes carried out with astonishing success, https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/03/science/biblical-tree-ancient-seed-tsori/index.html   ... View more

Thank you very much for the clarification, BR112.   ... View more

BR112,   "are you printing with the Adobe® PostScript driver inbuilt in the LBP 633, or what happens if you try?"   As I understand it, you were not printing with the Adobe® PostScript driver inbuilt in the LBP 633 as I asked you on 27th September, and it works now that you have tried as I suggested back then?   ... View more

Mr. Stormie, I presume, Ton.   ... View more

Hanschrs,   If you look at the Document Info with Selections Only and Objects ticked, you can see the number of each kind of selected objects.   So with different kinds of objects you will need to do the adding up.     Edit: Apologizing for any inconvenience owing to curtness, the full instruction is:   If you look at the Document Info in the Windows dropdown with Selections Only and Objects ticked, you can see the number of each kind of selected objects.   So with different kinds of objects you will need to do the adding up.     ... View more

Jonathan,   "I did. thats the lowest value: 0.01"   You can switch the unit to pt (just RightClicking the rulers and change) and go lower, as far as down to 0.01pt, to literally see what you are doing.   And then you can switch back to in.   Alternatively, you can switch to pt after the fact and see what you did, then switch back when you are satisfied with the result.   Since you were actually able to lower the Size all the time but said "i could not make as much and little as i need to match.. it over does it. see screenshot attached", here https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/shape-effect-help/m-p/14896039#M422297   I believe this may bring us back to "the combination of Size and Detail, not least the ratio between them", as mentioned here, https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/shape-effect-help/m-p/14896280#M422324     Edit: And what Doug said after I had begun writing this.   ... View more

Jorge,   Specifically, you can try with live Type as follows:   1) With the live Type created, in the Appearance palette (flyout) Add New Fill and drag it down beneath the characters, then select it and change its colour to the desired background colour; 2) With the new fill still selected apply Effect>Path>Offset Path with a positive offset sufficient to close all the gaps; you may need to try a few times until you succeed in closing all the gaps without overdoing it; 3) Reapply Effect>Path>Offset Path (confirm when asked) with a negative offset to reach the desired final offset.   The negative offset is simply the difference between the desired offset (width of the band where it is closest to the letters) and the offset needed to close all the gaps.   ... View more

Jorge,   Edited, now as an extended instruction with the addition of step 0).   For outlined Type you can do it with an Offset Path with a positive offset sufficient to close all the gaps followed by a negative offset to reach the desired final offset. You may need a few attempts to get it right, so Undo is your friend.   You can do it as follows:   0) With the text created and outlined, Ungroup and turn all the (Compound) Paths into one single Compound Path; 1) Copy the text Compound Path behind itself and change the colour of the copy to a preliminary colour, then apply Object>Path>Offset Path with a positive offset sufficient to close all the gaps; you may need to try a few times until you succeed in closing all the gaps without overdoing it; 2) Apply Object>Path>Offset Path again with a negative offset to reach the desired final offset, and change the colour to the desired background colour to be able to see the resulting shape; Delete the path with the preliminary colour.   The negative offset is simply the difference between the desired offset (width of the band where it is closest to the letters) and the offset needed to close all the gaps.     In some cases, depending on the typeface and distances between the letters, you can also do it with live Type, probably possible in the case shown. ... View more

Jonathan,   I agree with Doug, it is a matter of the combination of Size and Detail, not least the ratio between them.   I imagine a ratio of about 1:8 could be suitable, with Size in pt and Detail in number/in.   The ratio in your screenshot is about 1:140 (0.72pt:100/in)   With Absolute you ought to get the same roughness regardless of size so cutting up would work.   ... View more

Jonathan,   Have you tried to make it with (suitable settings if any of) the Roughen effect?     Edit: Long time no see.   ... View more

Of course, Dave, you are right. More astonishingly, the milestone says quite litterally that if you go that way as far as Edinburgh, you can be in London after just one more mile. The subtle change to this old beloved milestone reflects the outcome of the notorious battle of Halfway Lane which is now only connected to the new roundabout, and it is both renamed and renumbered (clockwise).   The defeated residents only succeeded in dissuading the highway authority from the suffix Close, but failed in obtaining the telling name Halfway Dead End Lane, Lane being restricted to thoroughfares. As a comic relief they talked about changing the name of the country to Small Britain (SB instead of GB), but settled on Undersized Kingdom as a new unabbreviation of UK.   Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still. They seem to be luckier in Kirkstall. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/96799 Or has the country really shrunk that much? For anyone wondering, the right naming and numbering of streets is exquisitely explained here, https://www.streetlist.co.uk/street-naming/ ... View more

You are welcome, aferwardsness. In addition to what Anshul said, Use Preview Bounds has a wide range of effects, sometimes rather troublesome; in many/most cases it is either needed or troublesome. To mention some of the effects, in connexion with stroked paths, Use Preview Bounds adds the outer half of the Stroke Weight to the size of the object, which can be seen in the Transform palette, such as a nice regular rectangle such as 200 x 100 pt which will become 201 x 101 pt; for a similar rectangle of 200 x 100 mm will become an even less nice number. Effects such as Gaussian Blur and Drop Shadow will add the extension of the effect, for the latter even moving the centre of the object in the Transform palette. When distributing objects to be abutted by side, the outer bounds of the strokes will be abutted rather than having the strokes overlapping. All of these can be against the desired workflow. All that said, it is important to be aware of the outer bounds when you create raster images, especially when you have strokes/effects, and ensure nothing is missing, either by having Use Preview Bounds on or by adding to the size.     Edit: And what Ton said while I was delayed in answering.   Edit edit: Actually, Ton made me aware of the serious ommission I made in the text in my answer above.   Step 1) should have been:   1) With the normal (Point) Type Tool create the text as live Type (you may wish to choose Align Center in the Window>Paragraph palette bundled with the Character palette where you set the font and size), then use the Effect>Path>Outline Object;   This is necessary for the instructions to work, and this is what I actually did in the second line of the image.   And this is exactly what Ton suggested.   The "Tick Use Preview Bounds in the Genereal Preferences" in step 0) and the follow up in 5) only apply "If you wish to align the background rectangle by the visible bounds of the characters rather than the Em box,"   Without step 0) and step 5), the rectangle will be aligned by the centre of the Em box instead of by the visual bounds, and the difference can be important.   I will correct step 1) in the answer above, with a note pointing to this.   ... View more

Jolly Panda,   "I've done step 1-3 and ended up with this:"   As far as I can see, you have done step 1 - 4 to get the string of rings.   You then need to do step 5) to create the curve and Add Anchor Points, and then use Object>Blend>Replace Spine in 6); if you use Object>Blend>Make in 6) you will surely get something funny.   ... View more

aferwardsness,   Thank you very much for your reviving this thread and your giving me the opportunity to elaborate for a fuller solution.   One more step is needed, so here is the fuller instruction, with the addition of steps 0) and 5):   To add an auto-sized and auto-aligned background rectangle round a text (box), you can:   0) If you wish to align the background rectangle with the visible bounds of the characters rather than the Em box, Tick Use Preview Bounds in the Genereal Preferences; 1) With the normal (Point) Type Tool create the text as live Type (you may wish to choose Align Center in the Window>Paragraph palette bundled with the Character palette where you set the font and size), then use the Effect>Path>Outline Object (inserted after Ton made me aware that it was missing, see this post and the Edit edit in this post below); 2) In the Window>Appearance panel click Add New Fill, then drag that fill down below Characters and click it to have it selected; it will be highlighted; 3) Set the desired background colour, you may use the Window>Color palette or something else; 4) Effect>Convert to Shape>Rectangle (or Rounded Rectangle), then Click Relative and set the width and height to be added to the live Type; you may try different values in Preview to see how it works; 5) Untick Use Preview Bounds in the Genereal PreferencesIf if you have Ticked it in 0); 6) If desired, edit the Type by using the Type Tool; start by Clicking carefully on top of the Type to avoid creating a new Type object.   This will give you the text as live Type so you can edit it (you may add text, even more lines, hence the Paragraph choice), and the background rectangle will stay centred round it and adapt to changes in the text.   Similarly, you can use a Rounded Rectangle or an Ellipse as background.   Below is shown a set of live Type with Use Preview Bounds was applied to the lower original Type without and with background, and with changes/additions made to the Type.       Click to get closer ... View more

Doom indeed, James, beneath the shroud of darkness between the trees along the lonely lane.   ... View more

JollyPanda,   You can try with a Blend as follows, see description and images below:   1) Create the first ring (such as 90 x 45 pt with 9pt Stroke Weight); 2) Move a copy a number of widths away (such as 8 x 90 = 720 pt; 3) Set the Object>Blend>Blend Options Spacing to Specified Distance = width + Stroke Weight (such as 90 + 9 = 99 pt) and Orientation to Align to Path; 4) Object>Blend>Make, make sure rings fit together; 5) Create open curve (such as Ellipse 600 x 300 pt with lower left quarter deleted) with Stroke Weight 1 pt, then Object>Path>Add Anchor Points a sufficient number of times (such as thrice); 6) Select both Blend from 4 and curve from 5, and Object>Blend>Replace Spine.     Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still ... View more

Rebecca,   It is always safer to keep a backup of different stages of the artwork, especially those before you make irreversible changes, because then you are able to go back and redo.   In this case that would be the stage where you had the oval (which could (have) be(en) made with the Ellipse Tool) and the curved lines from side to side as stroke/no fill paths.   Otherwise/in any case I should prefer to redraw all the original paths as stroke/no fill paths (you can lock the Layer with the current paths and create the new paths on a new Layer above it).   While redrawing, the exact shapes and positions of new paths can be adapted to the other parts of the artwork in a better way (such as avoiding the leftmost end of the upper curved line covering part of the first H and the middle of the lower one touching the T). See suggestion for the redrawing of the curved lines and more below.   In either case, you can continue as follows:   1) Outline the strokes (Object>Path>Outline Stroke) of both the oval and the curved lines, then cut each of the curved lines within the sides of the oval and delete the middle parts within the oval, and then use the Pathfinder>Unite to get the simplest/cleanest Compound) Path possible.   2) Unlock the original artwork Layer and move (a copy of) the redrawn path from 1) into it and drag it to the right place in the stacking order between the helmet and the GATLINGBURG + HITTMAN, then Hide/Delete the original.   I should also prefer to:   3) Make a better adaptation of GATLINGBURG + HITTMAN and their blue background paths, based on a redrawn curved line (set) and with cutting out the middle part, preferably made in connexion with the curved lines in 1), see below.   Suggestion for the redrawing of the stroke/no fill curved lines:   A) Draw a curved line through the middle of the oval (it can go through the Center of the oval, and it can be made as part of a large wide Ellipse) with a shape that runs midway between the bottom of HIGHLANDERS and the top of FOOTBALL; B) Move a copy of the curved line fro A) up to the right distance below HIGHLANDERS and another copy down to the right distance above FOOTBALL; you can use the same distance; C) Set the Stroke Weight to the right values (one for the yellow lines and one for the blue line), then outline the strokes as in 1) and procede with 2) and 3).   ... View more

Hannah,   You can do it as follows, description based on your screenshot.   Based on the two boxes with an horizontal straight line (2 Anchor Points) as a separate object stretching between and thereby connecting the relevant midpoints, where you wish to move the rightmost box and keep the end of the straight connecting line at the midpoint of the left side, you can simply:   1) With the Direct Selection Tool, Deselect everything (you can Click an empty spot), then ClickDrag over the rightmost box, thereby also selecting the rightmost end Anchor Point of the connecting line, then move the whole set to the desired new position; as the final part of this you can: 1A) ClickDrag the Direct Selected set, while holding Shift if you wish to move the set vertically as shown in the screenshot (down as shown or up) or horizontally (just further from the or closer to the leftmost rectangle) or at 45 degrees in between, or just ClickDrag to any position determined by eye; 1B) Use object>Transform>Move and insert horizontal and vertical values for predetermined change of position.   By Direct Selecting you maintain the straight connection between the (relevant midpoints of the) boxes while the straight connecting line simply changes length/direction.   ... View more

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BR112,   Apologizing for a possibly silly question, but are you printing with the Adobe® PostScript driver inbuilt in the LBP 633, or what happens if you try?   ... View more

rasela、 日本語フォーラムで質問することもできます。 https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0/bd-p/illustrator-jp?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all 日本人の友人にメッセージを送りました。   ... View more

Hendy,   As I (mis)understand it, you are asking about a (copy) of the document saved as PDF.   In that case you can save without preserving Illustrator Editing Capabilities.     Edit: And what Anubhav said sooner than I. ... View more