How to convert fonts to curves

Translate fonts into curves - here's what you need to do first of all, if you are going to send you made the layout for printing. Or want to transfer it to another computer, where there might not be a font set similar to yours. Otherwise when you open the file you have selected fonts will be automatically replaced by others, and it is unlikely to adorn the layout. By the way, reinstalling the system on your computer will create the same problem, at least until you install a pack of fonts similar to the former. In various graphic editors ways of transferring fonts to curves different from each other. Consider the most common of them.

You will need

Computer;
- graphic editor;
- graphic layout with text.

Instruction

Abobe Photoshop: In bitmap image editors operation similar to transfer fonts to curves in the vector is called "rasterization".Open the layers palette if it is not in the workspace. You can do it through "Windows" menu or by pressing F7. Find in the palette the text layers are marked with icon in the form of the letter T. If more than one, select them all by clicking the left mouse button, holding down the Shift key.Adobe Illustrator: If your layout a large number of text objects, you will quickly find them all the following menu items: "Select - Object - Text objects". You will see that all the text in the file highlighted. If the text object is only one, just highlight it with the tool "Selection".In CorelDraw: To highlight all text objects use the menu "Edit - Select All - Text".

In Abobe Photoshop: Use the menu "Layer", and subparagraphs "Rasterize - Type".In Abobe Illustrator: Open the menu "Type" and select "Create Outlines". Or just press Shift+Ctrl+O. In CorelDraw: go to the menu "Arrange" item "Convert to curves". Or use the shortcut Ctrl+Q.

Note

Fonts converted to curves or rasterized, it can not be more than text editing. Therefore, always keep a copy of your layout is not converted to curves, fonts, in case you need to make changes to it.

In CorelDraw converted to curves fonts it is desirable to group the separate words or sentences, because words when "skriveni" split into separate objects. Grouping prevents possible displacement or loss. In Abobe Illustrator this is not necessary, since words and sentences remain a single entity after being converted to curves.

Useful advice

Need to transfer fonts to curves can be avoided. For this you need to copy and install everything you used in this layout and the fonts on the computer where you plan to open a layout.

Standard fonts installed with the operating system, curves can not translate by default they should be on any computer.

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