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103 Converting text to outlines the right way

103 Converting text to outlines the right way - InDesign Tutorial

From the course: InDesign Secrets

103 Converting text to outlines the right way

Welcome back to InDesign Secrets. What do you do if your printer says you should convert all your text to outlines before sending them a PDF for your InDesign document? Well, I have a super simple answer for this situation. Find a different printer. Most printers who insist on converting text to outlines just don't know what they're doing. Or they're using equipment so old that I personally wouldn't trust it for modern publishing. However, sometimes you're stuck with the printer you've got, or maybe the printer really does have a good reason to insist on this. For example, some signage printers really do need you to convert text to outlines. So if you're going to convert your text to outlines, how should you do it? I'll tell you. Don't select a text frame and then go to the Type menu and choose Create Outlines. At first it seems like its working but you can get into a lot of trouble if you do it this way. For example, let me zoom down here select this text frame and choose Create…

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