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Changing Font when its converted as a curve
I may be going a long winded way about this.
When I create text in CorelDraw, I convert it to curves so it is easier to manipulate.
I move it around, adjust it, distort it etc etc.
When for example, I realise I actuallly now dislike the font, it appears too late to change it.
Is there a way around this? Or am I perhaps starting off wrong by converting it to curves straight away?
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I always save a copy before converting to curves, then you have the option to manipulate or change the fonts.
cheers
Dan
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As Dan says, make a copy/duplicate (Ctrl + d) so that you can always revert to it. Depends on how much or what kind of distortion you have in mind. You may not need to be converting to curves – take a look at the Envelope tool for example.
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quote NeilRoss:As Dan says, make a copy/duplicate (Ctrl + d)or, quicker in corel, drag your item while holding left mouse key down, right click when in place and it’ll duplicate there and then!
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No, Hugh – not for me I’m afraid – still using v12 here!!! Dinosaur alert! 😀 😀
I like hot keys anyhow. I did a lot of tech drafting in the distant past using AutoCAD under DOS – hot-key commands abounded… can be very fast method of working once you’re used to it. I got a shot of Windows AutoCAD around a year ago – couldn’t make a bat of it ! 😕 Took me all of ten minutes to chuck it in… -
I use the envlope feature after I convert the text to curve.
I found without doing that, the larger text box wouldn’t skew it as well as when a curve.
I will play about with some text later uncoverted and see if I can get the same sort of results.
Talking of dinosaurs, i’m using V11.
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Hi Niel,
just checked and it works in 12 too!
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quote Hugh Potter:Hi Niel,
just checked and it works in 12 too!
Nu – still doesn’t work in this version/config. Probably a setting for it somewhere.
Ctrl + d = way to go! 😀 -
Just pressing the + key will place a duplicate directly ontop of the orginal.
Alan D
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