nanook
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« on: 2008-12-28, 18:52:10 » |
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I have an Illustrator file that has black letters with a white outline around them.
When I copy/paste them into the glyph window of Typetool, the outline and the letter are both black. I've tried reversing the paths, but nothing seems to change.
Any thoughts or advice?
Thanks.
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Beau
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« Reply #1 on: 2009-01-15, 21:00:31 » |
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If they idea of the white outline is to make the glyph thinner- in Illustrator, you should Object>Path>Outline Stroke
and then (after ungrouping completely) subtract the stroke from the glyph using the Pathfinder (Subtract from Shape Area + Expand)
or you can do all the glyphs at once using Pathfinder>Trim, but then you need to get rid of a bunch of extra bits
(which isn't that hard if you use 'Select same color', since what you want will be the only black parts)
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nanook
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« Reply #2 on: 2009-01-22, 21:32:52 » |
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Hi Beau,
Thanks for your reply. The reason for the white outline of the black font is because i want to put notes over b&w photos and output to a b&w printer. I'm sure this is possible, but when i couldn't find a ttf to buy that would do this i just figured i would make my own... little did i know that it's not that easy.
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Alex Petrov (FontLab)
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« Reply #3 on: 2009-01-23, 06:20:35 » |
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To put white text over the black photo you need to change color for the text in the layout program but not to invent "white" fonts.
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nanook
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« Reply #4 on: 2009-01-29, 09:28:59 » |
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Alex,
I'm not that naive, and the issue is not that simple.
This kind of response is not helpful and in my opinion, unprofessional.
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Alex Petrov (FontLab)
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« Reply #5 on: 2009-01-29, 11:59:41 » |
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Then may be you could explain your question and/or illustrate it with some images for unprofessional people like me. Just to let us a chance to understand you.  |
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Mark Simonson
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« Reply #6 on: 2009-01-29, 13:14:47 » |
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If I understand your question, what you want to do is impossible using standard font formats, such as TrueType.
In standard font formats, the character shapes are opaque on a transparent background. The opaque part can only be one color. This color is chosen when you use the font in an application (the default is usually black). It is possible to add other colors using strokes or other effects, but this has nothing to do with the font itself.
Having both black and white in a font requires a font format that supports multiple colors. FontLab's Photofont format supports this, but the resulting fonts are pixel-based (similar to PNG, JPEG or GIF), not vector-based.
The only vector-based font format that I know of that supports multiple colors is PostScript Type 3, but support for this format is virtually nonexistent in modern software.
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Beau
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« Reply #7 on: 2009-02-10, 22:04:47 » |
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This wouldn't be done at the font level. Depending what image software you are using to add the text to your photo, the effect isn't very difficult. In photoshop, you could add a character style to the font (such as outline or outer glow) and then save it as a style. Then you can quickly apply the effect to any font, and the font will still be editable.
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