Questions tagged [outline]
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Is there any way in Font Forge to align a glyph in one font, to the exact "x,y" coordinate of a glyph in another font?
I am new to using FontForge, and I'd like some help. I have two identical glyphs in 2 separate fonts, one called "hp", and the other called "icons". Now, "hp" is a font ...
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Object-expand in illustrator
I'm unsure where to use object-"expand appearance" and object-path-"outline stroke" in Illustrator. Generally, I'm confused by the possibility of problems with proportional ...
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Letter I in typeface looks thicker in PDF when outlined in Illustrator
I am experiencing an issue I am not sure whether it will be apparent printed where the I is a lot thicker than the rest of the type when I outlined it in illustrator. When I zoom in its fine, its just ...
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Why is the space on the left considered positive space, not negative space?
I think it's a simple but fundamental question: In the image i provided, why is the space on the left seen as a positive space and the one on the right as negative space? Right? You would look at the ...
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What's the best practice for outlining text for print?
Just picking your brains for how you have found to be the best practice for outlining text that you might need to update in the future. Say I have a file that I need to outline text to send to print. ...
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how can I set the stroke-width of a svg to the same width?
<svg id="wrapper" viewBox="0 0 1000 565.78" height="565.78" width="1000"> <g class="allgroup"> <g role="group" class="...
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Why is my colour font not being outlined in Inkscape?
I am working on a card game and I'm using template .svg files in Inkscape to create cards quickly. My end goal is to be able to place coloured icons inline with text without having to lay them out by ...
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how to make the outline pass only outside the shape
on illustrator I would like to have only one outline that would be outside, I cannot merge otherwise the colors will not be different and I tried to create an outline by duplicating the shape behind ...
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Why is Adobe Illustrator not letting me position anchor points?
I'm using Adobe Illustrator 2020. I just can't make points align. Notice I don't want to merge the lines. I want to make an anchor point of one line match/align with the another point of another line. ...
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Filters commonly used to make blueprint effect
I want to create a "blueprint" aesthetic, so I went online and found a website that does a great job but I would like to know HOW it does it. Of course, I don't mean adding the grid or the ...
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Photoshop: Is it possible to create a path from the 'centre point' of a selection, rather than outline?
I have simple shapes, wirelines from 3ds Max, that I wish to create a path from. In photoshop, if I select the alpha and create a path from selection, the path is created on the outer edges of the ...
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How do I create a circle border of 86% of any other number rather than 100% in Adobe xd?
I am trying to create a pie chart in which I am having two separate values. The bigger number The smaller number I am representing the bigger number as an outer circle radius, but the problem is I ...
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Illustrator: How to add background to images with slight extra border
For the example image above - I would like to add a white background. However, I want that white background to "trace" around the logo + text so it isn't simply a rectangle. I'll try to ...
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Flatten a mask group in Figma
So I have made myself some striped bars for a histogram by creating the desired stripes and applying the bars as a mask to it like described here, which looks like this: Now I would like to add an ...
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How can I make concentric text in inskscape?
I essentially want to outline my text multiple times. Something like this: Thank you!