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378 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
See also
“Character palette” on page 381
Letterforms as graphic objects
Modifying letterforms as graphic objects
The Create Outlines command (and the same command as an effect—Outline Object) lets you turn type into a set
of compound paths that you can edit and manipulate as you would any other graphic object. Create Outlines and
Outline Object are useful for changing the look of large display type, but they are rarely useful for body text or other
type at small sizes.
These commands get font outline information from the actual font files installed on your system. When you create
outlines from type, characters are converted in their current positions; they retain all graphics formatting such as
their stroke and fill.
A
B
Modifying a letterform
A.
Original type object
B.
Type converted to outlines, ungrouped, and modified
Note:
You can’t convert bitmap fonts or outline-protected fonts to outlines.
When you convert type to outlines, the type loses its hints —instructions built into outline fonts to adjust their shape
so that your system displays or prints them optimally at a wide range of sizes. Therefore, if you plan to scale the type,
do so by adjusting its point size before converting it to outlines.
You must convert all the type in a selection to outlines; you cannot convert a single letter within a string of type. To
convert a single letter into an outline, create a separate piece of type containing only that letter.
To convert type to outlines
Converting type to outlines creates a compound path that you can modify.
1 Select the type object.
2
Choose Type > Create Outlines.