Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 323)

316 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Type
Font outline information comes from the actual font files installed on your system. When you create outlines from
type, characters are converted in their current positions; they retain all graphics formatting such as their stroke and fill.
Modifying a letterform
A. Original type object B. Type converted to outlines, ungrouped, and modified
Note: You can’t convert bitmap fonts or outline-protected fonts to outlines.
When you convert type to outlines, the type loses its hints—instructions built into fonts to adjust their shape so that
your system displays or prints them optimally at a wide range of sizes. If you plan to scale the type, adjust its point size
before converting.
You must convert all the type in a selection; you cannot convert a single letter within a string of type. To convert a
single letter into an outline, create a separate type object containing only that letter.
1 Select the type object.
2 Choose Type > Create Outlines.
Choose a number style in OpenType fonts
1 To change the style of existing numbers, select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select
any text, the setting applies to new text you create.
2 Make sure that an OpenType font is selected.
3 In the OpenType panel, choose an option from the Figures pop-up menu:
Default Figure Uses the default style for the current font.
Tabular Lining Uses full-height figures all of the same width (if available for the current font). This option is
appropriate in situations where numbers need to line up from one line to the next, as in tables.
Proportional Lining Uses full-height figures with varying widths (if available for the current font). This option is
recommended for text that uses all caps.
Proportional Oldstyle Uses varying-height figures with varying widths (if available for the current font). This option
is recommended for a classic, sophisticated look in text that doesn’t use all caps.
Tabular Oldstyle Uses varying-height figures with fixed, equal widths (if available for the current font). This option is
recommended when you want the classic appearance of old-style figures, but need them to align in columns, as in an
annual report.
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