Create outlines in Quark?
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- Blofeldt
Hmmm, sounds easy, but does anyone know how I convert text into outlines in Quark express 5.0?
- Blofeldt0
got it, Text to Box. Does it have to create a copy of the text or can it just convert the original text to a box?
- Blofeldt0
Text to Box seems to squash my text, bugger. Any ideas?
- Blofeldt0
This is piss easy in InDesign, Grrrrr *shakes fist!
Bump, and ideas how to outline the text well in Quark 5?
- rabattski0
don't know quark 5. by outlining you do mean converting type to an illustration right? if so you can't outline text in quark 4 and previously. so prolly not in 5 either (not sure though).
- Blofeldt0
Can you in six rabattski?
- jimeeboy510
It shouldn't be squishing your text outlines. Make sure you are not grabbing the borders, you may be manipulating it that way. Im not sure if it does it any other way other than copying it.
- rabattski0
no idea. still working in xpress 4.04. why do you want to outline fonts in xpress anyways?
- Blofeldt0
I'm on a PC, and when suppling to Newspapers etc, they often won't except true type fonts. So I have to outline the buggers
- rabattski0
i think working in indesign would be a better option. the alternative, when you have to work in xpress, is to do the type in illustrator or freehand and outline the type, save it as an eps and place it in xpress. be sure that you set the raster high on that outline type or else you won't get fluent lines. lot more work and less workable. basicly a pain in the ass. another way (what i would do) is to not outline the type and work with the regular type in xpress and when it's done safe all the pages as eps, run them thru photoshop (save them as an photoshop eps) and supply those files (or as a single pdf). but you can't make any corrections anymore at the printer (but with outlined type it's the same thing anyways). for instance if you forget the bleed than you have to start all over again (unless you don't bleed or if it's a solid colour and you have no illustrations on the edge).
- Blofeldt0
Yes, i guessed it be something like that. The only reason I made it in Quark was because they asked for it in Quark. Now i phone up to enquire if i can send an eps and they said YES! **%£"()*^!!!
But, hey, at least I know a bit about Quark now. Thanks for all your help guys, it's been a while since I was last here. Glad to see, still as helpful as ever! Cheers