To create outlines in Illustrator, select the object, open theStrokemenu and increase theWeightvalue to apply the outline. Continue increasing the weight until the outline reaches the desired size, then choose rounded, squared or beveled corners from the menu dialog. The following video tutorial wi...
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Use the Crop Tool to delete everything outside the mask Before you use the Crop Tool, make a duplicate of the whole pattern (so that you can retain the original) and convert all strokes to outlines: Object/Path/Outline Stroke. This is an important stage because the Pathfinder ‘Crop’ t...
It's often handy to use Ctrl/Cmd+Y to switch briefly into Outline mode, which might reveal a bunch of objects that were selected unintentionally. Sometimes it's useful to turn ON the preference for "Object Selection by Path Only." This requires more precise targeting, but makes it easier...
Just select the text and go to Object > Ungroup. Everything outlined by a single path will be treated as a separate shape.Step 9Because your text is a shape now, you can easily add a stroke to it on the inside or outside. Compare it to what would happen if the text were still ...
Yeah I would understand the small gap better if I actually had the stroke on the outside of the text because I can understand that it might render the text and the thin outline and since the outline is one px it could cause an issue by the anti aliasing us...
Now, the short red stripes are only visible on the outer green border as an extra detail in our Illustrator outline text effect (2). Step 4 Copy and Paste in Place (Shift-Control-V) the “Noel compound path” again and give it a 1 pt white Stroke. Next, go to Object > Path > ...
– and maybe you will want to change the indents for your basic lists anyway. Just like InDesign, Illustrator uses Left Indent and First line indent for the positioning. You can use negative indent values to move your bullets (and even your text) outside the text object bounds (Figure 6...
Note that any paths that were opened up by this process have been automatically closed, leaving a stroke in place. If you don’t want to retain a stroke, you’ll need to convert all strokes to outline paths before cropping the item(s). You can find this underObject/Path/Outline Stroke...