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  can anyone help with text shadow in Illustrator please?

  Posted by Gav on 2 June 2006 at 11:47

  If i type in some text in say, silver. The apply a 10px stroke round the outside of it. Is there a way to get illustrator to give me the vector of the outside of the stroke rather than the inside. I would like to have the text as silver and have it on a black outer shadow type thing.

  Gav replied 19 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Martin Grimmer

  Member

  2 June 2006 at 12:15

  Gav,

  There might be a way that I dont know when still as fonts (tried the same thing as you without success) – but instead I gave up and converted text to curves and then used object>path>offset path. Bit of a pain getting the right offset – a bit of trial and error.

  Hope helps.

  Martin

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  Martin Kennedy

  Member

  2 June 2006 at 13:07

  Gav

  You need to convert the text to outines (under -Type> Create Outlines) this will vectorise the font and then you can put the stroke around this. When you are happy with the stroke, this can be outlined (Object>Path>Outline Stroke)

  This should sort it.

  Martin

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  Gav

  Member

  2 June 2006 at 13:44

  Thanks Guys, I knew you guys could help.

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