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Why and How to Process Illustrator Outlines

Urban brush, illustrator
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2023/03/13

hello. It is an urban brush.
This is a post about why and how to create outlines when working with vectors in Illustrator.

When we send the results of our work on our computers to others or to a print shop, we are asked to outline or outline them.
The reason is that the computer conditions I used and the computer conditions of others are different.

In this time, I will guide you how to handle the outline of fonts and lines.

 

1. Font outline processing

When you install the computer, there are fonts installed by default, and there are fonts that you have installed yourself.
By default, the installed font does not matter, but if the text written with the font I installed is included in the illustrator,
Sometimes when this file is used on someone else's computer, there is a problem because the font is missing.

In this way, I wrote the text in illustrator, and the font of the written text was installed separately by me.
If you send this file to the printing company as it is, if the computer used by the printing company does not have the font, it will be printed in a different font.
The text will be outlined and sent.

Since the term 'outline processing' is unfamiliar here, I may be confused about what it means.
In other words, it means that the text written in the font is turned into an image, and when the outline is processed, the text is changed to
It cannot be written and erased by typing like normal letters.

The method of contouring is to select 'Create outline' item in the Illustrator 'Text' tab or press the shortcut command + shift + o to process the outline,
You can no longer edit the text, but it will be converted to a surface so that the same text can be seen on any computer.

It is generally recommended that these font outlines be used only in files where the final work has been completed.
Since text can no longer be edited, it is recommended to back up the file before outline processing in case the text is changed or modified later.

If this process is inconvenient, if you save it as a PDF file (preserving the editing function), the PDF file even saves the font even if you do not process the outline.
You can also save as a PDF file.

 

2. Outline the line

Illustrator's objects are made of lines or planes.
Since the face is basically contoured, there is no big problem,
In the case of lines, there is an editing function that can change the thickness, so sometimes they may look different on other computers.

I drew a line as above. Line thickness, also known as stroke, can be adjusted in the Illustrator menu.
However, when you select this line and increase or decrease its length, there are cases where only the left and right heights change while the thickness of the line remains the same.
In some cases, even the thickness may change together, such as noodles.

This may vary depending on each illustrator's settings.

Select the line and click the right mouse button to bring up the menu as above, and select the 'Resize' item there.

In the Options menu, there is an item called 'Line and effect size adjustment',

When checked: If you increase the size the same as the noodles, the thickness will increase.
Unchecked: Unlike cotton, the thickness maintains the initial thickness even if the size is increased.

It applies differently as above.

Therefore, if you draw using lines and planes together when editing a picture, you must check the 'Adjust line and effect size' item.
After drawing a picture as much as possible, change the line to a plane and process the outline.
You need to make sure it doesn't look different on different computers.

How to outline a line as a plane

If you click the 'Expand' menu in the object tab, the following window appears.

After checking 'Stroke' in the extension menu, if you press the 'OK' button, the line is changed to a plane and expanded.

Editing ai files without illustrator Inkscape - recommended free alternative program

Urban brush, illustrator
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2023/03/12

hello. It is an urban brush.
Urban Brush specializes in sharing vector images.
Many people liked the image and downloaded it, but there are some people who are embarrassed because there is no representative ai editing tool.

I actually downloaded the ai file, but there are quite a few people asking how I can modify and edit it.
However, Adobe Illustrator is a paid editing tool, so it may be difficult for ordinary people to use it.
I would like to introduce a representative ai editing tool that can be used for free.


Inkscape is the most common free ai vector editing program.
As you can see from the picture above, Inkscape supports various operating systems such as Windows and masOS.

Download site: https://inkscape.org/ko/

If you need simple modification of the ai file downloaded from Urban Brush, select the appropriate operating system button to download and install.

This is an image downloaded from the airplane vector file downloaded from Urban Brush and opened in Inkscape.
As you can see from the above screen, there is a function to change the color of the line and delete or add an object.

However, it does not provide as many functions as professional tools, but the site says that it is possible to modify the following files.

1. Create and edit fully compatible SVG format files
2. View and edit document tree live in XML editor
3. PNG, OpenDocument drawings, DXF, sk1, PDF, EPS and PostScript export formats, etc.
4. Command line options for export and conversion

In general, 2D-based vector image files have programs such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw.
However, on a paid basis, it is possible to use it by paying a monthly fee of several tens of thousands of won or hundreds of thousands of won for companies.

Not a professional designer, but for the purpose of simple editing of created images, you can do almost anything.
However, please note that it is slower than professional tools and that Adobe-specific filters are not supported.

object creation

  • Drawing: Pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), Pen tool (create Bézier curves and straight lines), Calligraphy tool (freehand drawing with filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
  • Shape tools: rectangle (can have rounded corners), ellipse (including circles, arcs, and line segments), star/polygon (can be rounded or randomized), spiral
  • Text tool (multiline text, full canvas editing)
  • Embedded bitmaps (including commands to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
  • Includes tools to create clones (“live” linked copies of objects), patterns, and arrays of clones

object manipulation

  • Transformation (move, scale, rotate, shear) interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
  • Z-order operations (raise and lower)
  • Group objects (“select from group” or “enter group” without ungrouping, create temporary layers)
  • Layers (lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange, etc.; layers can form hierarchical trees)
  • Align and Distribute Commands

Why not remove illustrator lines and faces - tommy

designer, illustrator
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2023/03/08

hello. This is Urban Brush designer Tammy.
If you look at the design files I have shared, most of them are design files that do not organize lines and faces.

Based on the picture of the puppy above, if you select an object, you can see that the lines and faces are alive as they are.

In addition to the shared files, I usually do not outline lines and faces like this for other works.
In most cases, it is left as is.

The reason for this, briefly, is reserved for future revisions.
In other words, based on the dog picture above, if you change the lines to planes and merge all the planes by layer,
It is quite difficult to do later work such as adding pupils or changing the shape by raising the angle of the ears.

Of course, if all lines are treated as faces and the faces are arranged,
It is good for coloring or using the finished product itself as it is.

However, if you change a line to a plane, changing a plane to a line requires more work.
If you need to change the thickness of the line, the editing process will not be smooth.

Therefore, those who ask me why the lines and planes in my work were not outlined or arranged
I hope you understand, and it has the advantage of being able to recycle and edit all files in Illustrator,
You can understand that these are the things left to use.

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