Strokes to Outlines

[iveo83@adobeforums.com]

How can i make my type that has a stroke into an outline. When I do this it takes away the stroke, and if i reapply the stroke it doesn't look the same.
Thanks

[Kenneth_Lasley@adobeforums.com]

Convert it to outlines first, then apply a stroke. You really should not be applying strokes to text, especially text 14 points are smaller.

Ken

[Anne-Marie Concepcion]

Weird. When I convert stroked text to outlines, the stroke remains. If it was black type with a cyan stroke, the outlined type becomes black-filled shapes with a cyan stroke.

They definitely look different though. You can take Ken's suggestion, that would give you more control.

Or if you've already stroked the text, you can convert it to outlines, click on it with the Direct Selection tool and choose Object > Compound > Release, then use the Direct Selection tool to fiddle with the Stroke inside/outside for each letter.

But I get better results when I paste a copy of the live stroked text on top of the outlined/stroked text (paste in place) then use the Type tool to select the live text and remove the stroke. Final step is to make outlines out of the unstroked copy.

Probably easier Ken's way, or maybe in Illustrator.

AM

[iveo83@adobeforums.com]

Ken---if i convert to outlines and then put a stroke it does not look the same... I know I shouldnt use a stroke, but thats what the client wants *rolls eyes* ( of course they know how to design there business card better than me... not like I went through 4 years of art school or anything) anyways..

AM---Ill have to try your sugestion.

Thanks both of you for the quick responses :)

[Mike_Rempe@adobeforums.com]

Especially with scripts when you outline text with a stroke the stroke seems to collapse inside. Like Anne said, just place the stroked version in the back outlined, and a non-stroked version on top.

[Tom Usrey]

They look different because if you apply the Stroke to live Type, the Stroke is applied as the equivalent in Illustrator of moving the Stroke below the Fill (so you only see half the Stroke, the part outside the Fill).

When you convert the Type to Outlines, the Stroke is applied as the equipvalent in Illustrator of having the Stroke on top of the Fill. I think that's the way it's always worked in InDesign.