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bold font in corel changing to normal
A dull question but hoping someone can help.
One of my better clients uses X4 as I do, he sends me a file with Swis 721BT text and he bolds it, when I get it it is not bold, any ideas on whats happening?Cut a van for him today and all wrong!
Chris
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10 Replies
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he must use the bold version of the font and you must have it available on your system.
Adding an outline (not contour) will only add a bitmap outline which will not cut. To avoid any font issues convert all text to curves.
Alan D -
Thanks Alan, knew it would be something simple
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Another way is ask your client to click on the "embed fonts" button when he is on the save file page – this will allow you to correct any typos also. 😉
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quote Steve Robinson:Another way is ask your client to click on the “embed fonts” button when he is on the save file page – this will allow you to correct any typos also. 😉nope, embedding a font does not allow you to correct all mistakes, if for instance you need to add an ampersand, and it was not in the original text.
Peter
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I stand corrected Peter – although I believe you have more control than when just converting to curves.
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I am not entirely sure how it works, all I know is that when fonts are "embedded" there are restrictions on how they can be edited, explanations from the more knowledgeable would be appreciated 😀
peter
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There are other ways of achieving a bold font, one of which is…..
1: Select the text with the Pick tool.
2: Open the Outline Pen tool and play with the line weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: Turn the new text into a bitmap (I use greyscale 300dpi).
4: Use the Trace tool to turn the bitmap into a cuttable vector.
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness!Enjoy!
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quote Steve Robinson:There are other ways of achieving a bold font, one of which is…..
1: Select the text with the Pick tool.
2: Open the Outline Pen tool and play with the line weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: Turn the new text into a bitmap (I use greyscale 300dpi).
4: Use the Trace tool to turn the bitmap into a cuttable vector.
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness!Enjoy!
NO!
There are other ways of achieving a bold font, one of which is…..
1: Select the text with the Pick tool.
2: Open the Outline Pen tool and play with the line weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: Convert outline to object
4: Delete the original lines and the internal outline result
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness! -
quote Mike Grant:quote Steve Robinson:There are other ways of achieving a bold font, one of which is…..
1: Select the text with the Pick tool.
2: Open the Outline Pen tool and play with the line weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: Turn the new text into a bitmap (I use greyscale 300dpi).
4: Use the Trace tool to turn the bitmap into a cuttable vector.
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness!Enjoy!
NO!
There are other ways of achieving a bold font, one of which is…..
1: Select the text with the Pick tool.
2: Open the Outline Pen tool and play with the line weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: Convert outline to object
4: Delete the original lines and the internal outline result
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness!NO NO! maybe? possibly? (cdr 12 anyways)
another way of achieving a bolder font,
1: effects > contour
2: play with the contour weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: pick tool and kern to suit -if necessary,
4: select all > arrange > break objects apart > remove original font
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness! -
quote Mike Grant:quote Steve Robinson:There are other ways of achieving a bold font, one of which is…..
1: Select the text with the Pick tool.
2: Open the Outline Pen tool and play with the line weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: Turn the new text into a bitmap (I use greyscale 300dpi).
4: Use the Trace tool to turn the bitmap into a cuttable vector.
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness!Enjoy!
NO!
There are other ways of achieving a bold font, one of which is…..
1: Select the text with the Pick tool.
2: Open the Outline Pen tool and play with the line weights until the desired outcome is achieved.
3: Convert outline to object
4: Delete the original lines and the internal outline result
5: Sit back and smile at your extreme cleverness!Or
4: weld
5: sit and look in amazement at the complete mess that appears in front of you after the computer has been unresponsive for 5 minutes.Steve
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