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The answer to this must be obvious, but I can't get it figured out. I usually use an old version of Flexi, but am trying to get more familiar with Illustrator.
In typing a word in a script kind of text (lets say Brush script on a curve), you get overlaps where the letters touch.
How do I weld/merge/make them compound so I have one object of all the text without the overlaps? [It's easy in Flexi,I'd just like to know how with AI, and can't get there]
(Thanks in advance)
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I think version 9 has Pathfinder under the windows menu... the top left square is the "add to shape menu" this will unite the text AFTER you have outlined the text. NOTE: make sure after outlining the text that you ungroup them. Good Luck
-------------------- Rick Whitmire Trick Communications & Signs Box 1124, Hudson, WI Posts: 132 | From: Hudson, WI | Registered: Nov 2002
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Yes, merge is in the pathfinder window. You have to creat outlines first, then merge your paths. I have the best luck ungrouping the text and merging only the overlaping letters.
On a second note, I've found script lettering to not look the best on a curve, but it also depends on the letters. Letters with decenders look the worse so if you don't have any lower case "y"s or "g"s for example, it sometimes looks OK.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5396 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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(Dave, I was only being facetious about brush script on a curve- I can't stand it- the only way I've found script on a curve works is if the letters are all virtually upright, or the word is very short. I was also going to add something about black letters and a red shade too, but decided to rein-in my sense of humour)
I appreciate the help!
[ September 24, 2004, 12:50 AM: Message edited by: Ian Stewart-Koster ]
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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"Compound Group", Command 8 if you're using a Mac, Control 8 if using a PC, ain't got a clue in Linux.
It helps if you Outline them after Kerning them to the proper spacing, and in Illustrator, select them individually and kern them one at a time. Too many Sign and TV guys Kern the whole bunch at as a group, and end up with something that offends the eye.
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