shape to stroke
- Started
- Last post
- 44 Responses
- blaw0
- e-pill0
MikeJ, cant you expand the shape then goto preview and use the white arrow tool and select the inner path of the font and lock it then select the outer path and cut not delete thus leaving you with the inner path only, now unlock that path and boost up the stroke weight to your hearts desire.
this should work for your needs.
- there is no "inner path of the font"!"
I could've done this in a few minutes. MikeJ, Illustrator doesn't do what you want it to do.monospaced - doesn't do what you want it to do.monospaced
- there is no "inner path of the font"!"
- monospaced0
the inner path of the font? did you just make that shit up?
- e-pill0
if you outline the font, there will be 2 paths.
an inner path and an outer path.- read MikeJ's posts above he mentions a double path which is what i described.e-pill
- he's talking about the left and right edge. there is never an inner path! stop arguing before you look even more stupidmonospaced
- ESKEMA0
the closest would be path > offset path. but you end up with a shape instead of a stroke like you want.
- neverblink0
you could do a negative offset path on the outer path/stroke when you've outlined a character, that could give you (more or less) the exact middle of the font.
- e-pill0
*waits for horton to answer
- wtf? we answered this crap 10 posts agomonospaced
- you jsut want to start a fight huh?e-pill
- you answered not we, dont stand behind imaginary people trying to boast your "crap"e-pill
- oh this is crap? next time you come in for advice and see what you get.e-pill
- monospaced0
I can't believe this crap. Just draw the inner path with a pen; it's hands down the most efficient way to do this. It'll only take a few minutes!
- D_Dot0
Ctrl + Option + Command + 8
- johndiggity0
convert type to paths > add stroke > in the storke palette there are 3 buttons: one for stroke outside the path, one for stroke on the path, and one for stroke inside the path. pick the one you desire.
- ********0
Dont fight! monospaced, please, let people express their self... maybe you are right, but leave other people think too.
Thank you!
- monospaced0
Ok, I won't fight. it's just that I've been using Illustrator for many years, and I can tell you from experience doing the same thing that there is no automated way of creating the inner stroke of a font. I'm sorry, but it's true. The fact of the matter is that the type he's trying to get the center line of is so simple, the recreation would be both incredibly easy and a great learning experience.
- horton0
monospaced is right - there is no automated way.
closest i can think of is adobe streamline (or maybe it was some other trace pluggin) used to have an option to recognize centerline of tracings, so in a roundabout way you could rasterize the font and retrace for center lines.
not sure if LiveTrace has a similar option.. haven't looked into it to be honest.
- just checked, no centerline option in LiveTrace.horton
- If you use the technical drawing preset you can have LiveTrace output strokes, not just outlinesmonospaced
- horton0
i guess if you really wanted and if your shapes are all a consistent width you could mess around with a negative value in Offset Path until you hit the exact center, but i don't think your results will be perfect.
- monospaced0
Here, I did it for you.
www.benwexlar.com/download/idiot…...
By the way, that is one janky ugly typeface you're using there. Tweak away.
- oooh...fail
www.benwexlar.com/do…...monospaced - ignore those links
monospaced
- oooh...fail
- ********0
idiot.ai? agressive :(
- hahahaha, it was STUPID how easy that was to domonospaced
- ********0
hahha, cool man and thanks, but that pic I post, was as a example... that font is not mine, its just ugly.. haha, but thanks :P
- neue75_bold0
neverblink had the best answer...
- monospaced0
yeah, wasted a few minutes of my life