Adobe InDesign: Converting Text from Fonts to Curves/Outlines ("vectorizing...")12 Mar 2007, 1828 read(s)
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How to convert a simple text in InDesign to the so-called "curves/outlines", so that this text is font-independent and can be printed without any problems.
I had to make a little change in an EPS file as the printing company I'm using couldn't read the cyrillic text in the EPS file. "It showed unknown symbols". I though "Yeah! They may have the font missing!". The font was Verdana. I'm sure thay are using a PC, not a Mac, not a Linux. However, I'm not so familiar with all those prining techniques. They told me I had to convert my text to "curves". OK, I thougth that would we pretty easy using InDesign. I searched using Google on how to do that exactly. I was very, very angry as I was unable to find this simple thing. Google found millions of other results but not this one htat would have helped me. Finally and luckily, I managed to find how to do this on myself and I will now explain you this simple thing.
Converting the text to outlines
To simply do this select the text box you'd like to convert (in case you'd like to convert all the text boxes, simply click Ctrl+A). Then select Type -> Outlines from the above main menu.
That's it! And now you won't have any problems with your printing company!
PS: I know that is a very simple and probably useless article. A lot of people will say that it is quite simple to perform this, but I was very angry that I could find this simple thing in the Internet. Now .. it is available on mt-soft.org 
Comments Filip: Yes, it's a simple thing, but it got me nervous, because I couldn't find it anywhere, it's easy in corel x3, there's a choice: convert to curves. jesus, why did they put that outlines thing....
thanks, it was a useful article! D: THAAAAANK YOU!
Regards form Honduras! D: *From* Shweta: Useful darling - 100% useful! Anonymous: A:: very useful
and i work in printing company 
til now i didnt need curves in indesign...i just use it for page layout.
tnx..you saved me at least a hour of thinking.
CH: Thank you for your help!!! nerk: Thank you... my printer just told me the same thing and I googled "fonts to curves" and I got your answer! thank you Tracee: Very helpful. A printing company show me how once before, but I couldn't remember how. Thanks to your article, I was able to save a call to the printing co. WB: Today my printer calls me with the request to convert all text curves ... i had no idea about this. This article is a saver. Thanks. Josh: Thank you for this! Saved me so much time in working with my printer! Jo: Very helpful, thanks! David: I am so happy you did this. I was going crazy trying to find out how to export outlines/curves instead of fonts! Thank you thank you thank you! |
