From the course: Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - Illustrator
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Convert type to outlines - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - Illustrator
Convert type to outlines
- [Instructor] For our ACA exam prep, the last thing we need to cover with regard to type is how and when to convert text to outlines. In our file, if you click on one of the letters in Quality Guarantee with a direct selection tool, you'll notice that it's made up of paths, it's not live text. You might want to convert text to outlines like this in things like a logo where you want it to manipulate the letter shapes in ways that you can't when it's live type or if you had to supply the file to someone who didn't have access to the fonts and you knew that the text content was not going to change. That's very important because you can't edit text once it's been converted to outlines. It's just a bunch of vector shapes. I'm going to zoom out, and then back in on the text in the center of the label. Now this is live text, and to convert it to outlines, I could click the button in the properties panel or choose type, create outlines. Now this text no longer requires a font to make it look…
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Using the Pen tool4m 45s
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Using the Painting tools3m 55s
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Add type to a design4m 23s
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Format type5m 14s
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Convert type to outlines1m 41s
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Make selections3m 36s
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Work with groups5m 18s
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Modify artboards3m 41s
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Transform graphical elements7m 57s
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Using Image Trace3m 19s
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Using effects5m 46s
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Work with graphic styles4m 58s
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Expand the appearance of objects3m 9s
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