Stefanie,   It is an anti aliasing issue because you have abutting paths, as suspected,   I believe the best way is to create the artwork without the Live Paint, which puzzled me from the beginning as needless.   You can create optimized colouring by simply applying the desired basic colours to the individual petals in connexion with use of the Transparency palette (Opacity).   ... View more

Stefanie,   I fail to see white lines apart from those round the letters. Are these the ones causing trouble (and which kind), or where are the troublesome ones?   Apart from that I see some strangeness on the flower shown as lines to the left, where the lower parts of the right sides of the leftmost 1st and 2nd petals seem to (also) have (2 and 3) open curved path with a black fill, extending between the intersections with the neighbouring 3rd, 4th, and 5th, petals.   I wonder whether this is sufficiently woolly (vaag) and unintelligible (onbegrijpelijk).   ... View more

SommerPG,   There are two things I should do in a way different to yours: firsly to use Type Optimized, secondly to use a resolution of 288 rather than 300, or a suitable resolution for a device of choice,   ... View more

You are welcome, Stefanie.   You can use Smart Guides and/or Snap to Point and have both or either work. I like the way Smart Guides highlight the snapping option, and II use it for for many other things as well, including the snapping in connexion with rotation, as in creating the (next) flower mentioned above; may I ask whether you have tried it?   But more importantly right now: which white lines are you referring to (it could be an anti aliasing issue if you have abutting paths, or depend on the monitor)?   A screenshot at a sufficient zoom level can help. ... View more

Stefanie,   Now I apologize for my failing to mention this:   If either of Snap To Grid and Snap to Pixels is on, Smart Guides will fail to guide you, however smart they are.   Without knowing the scale of your screenshots with the issue, I looked at the pattern of positions and believed the Anchor Points were too close to one another to fit a pattern corresponding to Snap to Pixels.   Was Snap to Pixels turned on from the start?   ... View more

Stefanie (apologising for my misspelling your name above),   In continuation,   When creating the (next) flower you can, still with the help of Smart Guides:   1) Create the first petal; 2) Select it with the (normal) Selection Tool; 3) Switch to the Rotate Tool and hold Alt/Option while you click within snapping distance of the inner Anchor Point (Smart Guides say anchor when you are within snapping distance), then insert the desired rotation angle (negative for clockwise, positive for anticlockwise) and click Copy (or hold Alt/Option and press C) to create the second petal; 4A) Hold Ctrl/Cmd and press D for each following petal to create the rest of the petals rotated by the same angle.   This will ensure full accuracy with all the inner Anchor Points coinciding from the beginning. ... View more

Jane, is that what the post looks like in its entirety, no text at the bottom, and no link appearing (maybe at the bottom of the Tab) when you hover over the presumed image area?   ... View more

I presume the stove/weather station is back to running on acetylene as in the old days, Trevor.   Have you also (un)seen the man in Antigonish while you were (almost) there?   ... View more

MEONHOMES,   I had wondered whether you wished to accomplish the more intricate top shape in your screenshot, presumably the existing one (using another font) inspiring you, with its upward curve at the ends of the upper part, but rereading your answer to Anubhav,   "Thank you, that is close to what I want but if you notice in the example, the letters in the middle are smaller and get taller towards the ends, whereas, with the Arch feature all letter heights are the same. Thx!"   I now believe that you are looking for a simpler appearance with different rounding of top and bottom.   In that case you can obtain it with one of two other Warp effects after a bit of preparation, and probably with the need for adjustment until you get it exactly as you wish; some of the members of the Warp family inherently ensure upright letters.   You can, shown with values that roughly gives you the same letter height at the middle:   1) Create the live Type with the desired height at the middle, and Outline the Type;   The images below show transformation numbers;   2) Increase the height of the text (shown as 160% of the original text); 3) Create a rectangle round the text (shown in red at 220% of the original text); 4) Increase the height of the rectangle upwards (shown in red at 3 x 220% = 660% of the original text, or shown in dashed red 1.5 x 220% = 330%); 5) Group the rectangle and the text and apply Effect>Warp>Bulge or Effect>Warp>Arc Lower with a negative value (shown at -45% Bend); 6) Object>Expand Appearance, Ungroup, and remove the warped rectangle (shown beside the original text).   Remember to make backups and use Undo to get back and redo.   In this case with both upper and lower rounding bending downwards at the ends, Effect>Warp>Arc Lower can be used with half the height of the rectangle and give the same appearance so it is simpler; with opposite bends, Effect>Warp>Bulge is needed so it is more flexible. Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still   ... View more

You are welcome, MEONHOMES.   You can also venture into highly customized ways of creating vintage old fashioned text. We had many precious threads about a wide range of appearances and ways to obtain them, but they were all lost, so unfortunately right now this is the only thread dealing with any such way, in a case somewhat different to yours, https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/how-can-i-keep-top-third-of-text-untouched-while-curving-bottom-half/td-p/12186490   ... View more

Stephanie,   You can correct it in the following simple way with the help of Smart Guides, telling you when you are within snapping distance, to obtain coinciding tip Anchor Points where the petals meet:   1) Choose which petal you wish to align the others to, and deselect (you can just click an empty spot; 2) With the (normal) Selection Tool ClickDrag each of the other petals by the tip Anchor Point to snap to the one from 1); 3) Group if desired.   After that you can select and move the whole set about together.     You can look at Use Smart Guides, and specifically Set Smart Guides preferences here, https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/rulers-grids-guides-crop-marks.html ... View more

Dave, your really keen eye spotted what our bristling friend overlooked, therefore wading right into the card game turned stare and stillness contest, inevitably to be dumped after making the first ripple.   Based on your clue about a sculpture, I started looking and found that the contest was commemorated here (Barbara Wolfart), https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/presse/uni_ulm_aktuell/07-02Einladung-SkulpturenSommer-Ulm.pdf   so certainly a sculpture known by few. ... View more

eoghan,   In addition to what Monika said, the best choice of (final) application depends on the actual (nature of the) contents, especially whether predominantly artwork (drawn/hand written) or typed (fonts).   ... View more

You are welcome, Cristhian.   ... View more

Surely that is Nozem, Ton?   ... View more

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Excellent Sam, I wonder whether it is a growing concern, or maybe rather a going concern, as in going going gone; everyone, even the gate.   ... View more

You are welcome, Justin, and thank you for sharing.   I can see from your answer to Anubhav that your new roundabout way over EMF is even an improvement.   ... View more

Justin,   Can you still (access and) export from your CS5.5?   I believe it may be worth keeping your CS5.5 for that specific purpose; others have kept it for the earlier version of Image Trace.   ... View more

A real surprise, Yss, and dreamy.   ... View more

A most subtle transition from text to background, Jane. Foams for a mixed taste?   ... View more

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Stefanie,   Always keep a backup of the original artwork.   In case you regret the removal of the exquisite inner white lines (I should never even consider removing them), you can:   1) Create a copy of the whole artwork in front and Group it it not already; 2) Apply Pathfinder>Unite (top left); 3) Object>Path>Outline Stroke; 4) Apply Pathfinder>Unite (top left) again;   Now you have a path that covers the whole artwork except for the ugly spikes (in the red ring);   5) Select everything and Object>Clipping Mask>Make.     Since the original artwork is unchanged, you can always make changes after deleting the Clipping Mask and before remaking it.   ... View more

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I quite understand, J.   I can see that you have set it as a Scripting topic, so I wonder why no scripter friend has answered.   Any scripter?   ... View more

J,   I am sure there is a script for that, but until someone presents/makes it, you can apply a simple Move to Back action, if that is manageable (you have a limited number). The action could just consist of Cut and Paste in Back (Ctrl/Cmd+X+B), to be applied to each object (set) from right to left, in other words in reverse order.   Such an action can also be used, and even called for under more woolly circumstances where a simple script would fail, such as multiple ungrouped objects on top of one another to be moved together without changing their internal  order, including objects on top of one another to be kept together in the stacking order even with one/some being to the right of an unrelated obejct.   With a script it could be nice, or needed, to have a choice of reference point, left/centre/right.   ... View more