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  1. apepp

    Cut Font Part

    Hello! Pathfinder should be able to get you to create a gap, position a box on top of the shape roughly where you want a gap, select both objects, choose "minus front", the tidy up where you need to with the direct select tool (white arrow). ...on the already outlined font, it might also help...
  2. apepp

    Rectangle around selected object

    ...but it really depends on what the selected object is too. Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK. ==============
  3. apepp

    Rectangle around selected object

    ...you probably need to look into graphic styles and utilize the appearance panel: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-61fba.html http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-61c8a.html Andrew...
  4. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    Hi Preston, OK..in the symbols palette, duplicate one of the symbols... ...drag to artboard and edit the symbol on the artboard by double clicking it. ...this will go into isolation mode. ...make edit and double click anywhere away from the symbol to exit isolation mode. ...do a file> save...
  5. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    Hi Preston, Try my Arrowheads.ai file below in place of yours... ...how many arrow heads show up in the stroke options? https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3753740/Arrowheads.ai Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK. ==============
  6. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    Hi Preston, Essentially all that really matters is that you have a symbol in the "Symbols" palette (window > symbols) of the document "arrowheads.ai". Whether or not that symbol is on the artboard or not doesn't really matter. Putting it on the artboard only serves as a way of editing it (in...
  7. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    ...the other option to align objects is to just do a copy and "paste in front" (control "c" and then control "f")...this will then paste the new object directly on top of the original. Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK. ==============
  8. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    Hi Preston, More a force of habit the alignment technique than so much essential for the custom arrows... ...as long as your custom arrow is in the symbols library and named appropriately you should be good to go. ...just me being tidy! : ) ...copying objects (that reside on the artboard or...
  9. apepp

    usual cost of a custom web design

    ...sure...it's hard to keep up with it all moving so faster towards something more consistent, it's taking a while, they've been trying for years...now with mobile devices the landscape is even bigger these days...do a fixed width site the same cost as a responsive one? I know i wouldn't price...
  10. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    ...here is a screencast to clarify: http://www.screenr.com/IDJ8 Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK. ==============
  11. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    ...sure, you must be missing a step...i will post a video guide shortly for you, stay tuned! Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK. ==============
  12. apepp

    usual cost of a custom web design

    ...this thread certainly grew! No mention of modx cms though so I have put this on the table. The cms I use most these days: http://modx.com/ Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK. ==============
  13. apepp

    custom arrowheads in illustrator 5.1

    To define custom arrowheads, open the Arrowheads.ai file, which is located under ShowPackageContent\Required\Resources\<locale>\ (for Mac) and \Support Files\Required\Resources\<locale>\ (for Windows). Follow the instructions in the file to create custom arrowheads. Place the updated...
  14. apepp

    Printing of drop caps

    ...is the font this one? http://www.dafont.com/exotica.font ...if so, is the drop cap a uppercase keystroke or a lowercase keystroke? ...out of interest, if it is set to uppercase, try lowercase instead. Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK...
  15. apepp

    Clearing overrides in multiple table cells

    ...create a new "target" paragragh style and use "find/change" to swap out the old style to the new style in the "find format:" and "change format:" boxes at the bottom of the dialog box. Click the icon on the top right of these boxes (small magnifier with a "T" symbol")... ...in there we have...
  16. apepp

    Is Indesign the best for me (or Publisher)

    ...different languages can be helped by using conditional text (introduced in indesign CS4): http://tv.adobe.com/watch/instant-indesign/using-indesign-cs4s-new-conditional-text-feature/ Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design, Exeter, Devon, UK. ==============
  17. apepp

    Removing aspects of an image 'clipping' ?

    ...oh and the other thing to note is that illustrator deals with layers a bit differently to photoshop... ...unlike photoshop, a layer holds "sub-layers" of objects in illustrator...this is one of the main differences. Andrew ============== www.apepp.info - Graphic Design and Web Design...
  18. apepp

    Removing aspects of an image 'clipping' ?

    Hello! In the provided example i gather you want to "clip" the grey shape to the bunnie brown shape...this is known as a "clipping mask". ...with that, in illustrator, you need to essentially duplicate the bunnie brown shape (command/control + C to copy, and then command/control + F to make a...
  19. apepp

    Downloading and saving vector art

    ...unfortunately there is no other quick way to build your own symbol library than the method you are using... ...other than not actually building a symbol library but simply keeping the original illustrator file on backup somewhere. ...quite handy is to use Adobe CS Bridge to create a PDF...
  20. apepp

    fonts change size from one computer to another

    ...in all my years i have never heard of this problem occuring, even between windows and mac versions...so long as you are absolutley sure the fonts are the same across all machines and the fonts aren't corrupted... ...the same named fonts can indeed be different if the fonts are made by...

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