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kinkwai
04-06-2005, 06:30 AM
hi, everyone, i am new here, however i have an old problem which has bug me for some time.
whenever i use freehand10/illustrator cs with my powerbook on os X, i simply cannot creat outline for asian fonts, even with system fonts. what is the problem? how can i fix it?
now i have to use my old machine for work instead of new one.
pls help!
Post Edited By Moderator (Keyare) : 4/6/2005 10:19:25 PM GMT
in illustrator, select your text and go to object > expand appearance instead.
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woodwardo
04-06-2005, 08:54 PM
Good call Bear. But I don't think it'll work. I had a font where that happened to me and you can't do anything with it (besides look at it on screen). I think it's a corruption issue. I just deleted it and re-installed it from the orig. and it worked. Maybe it was something that ATM did to it while working in OS9?? Not sure.
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kinkwai
04-07-2005, 06:38 AM
thanks, guys. tried the bear's method, didn't work. will try to reinstall.
PrintDriver
04-07-2005, 06:55 AM
Isn't there a font encoding used for Asian characters that is different from the regular fonts that has been giving pdf export hiccups? Seems I saw something around here recently about something like that...
PD is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing
defjoe
04-07-2005, 05:49 PM
well you could import into PS and then outline it there (by making a path)
you just might have to smooth it up when you bring it back to Illy
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woodwardo
04-07-2005, 11:15 PM
LOL! ^^^^^^
You're intelligent Bear - but stick to MS Paint :)
hey now. easy.
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