how to make brushscript ready for plotting?

[teddybier]

Hello guys and gals,

I've got probably a verry noobish question here, i know what i want to do, but i cant find the option in Adobe Illustrator CS3.

Ive got a logo here that needs to be plotted, but the text is in brushscript, and as soon as i convert the text to outlines, there are the little overlap pieces in the paths where the characters join, and my plotting and printing goes wrong there. How do i remove the overlap? My feeling says "flatten" in some way, but that doesn't seem to work.

Thanks a lot in advance,
Ted

 

[Fred Weiss]

In PathFinder Palette with text selected, click Merge button.

 

[petepaz]

yeah what fred said

 

[Joe Diaz]

Is there such a thing as a logo with brushscript?:ROFLMAO:
http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42823
http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=43293

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What Fred said.

 

[teddybier]

Thanks a lot Fred, much appreciated.

Joe: i'm afraid there is

 

[synergy_jim]

you also want to make sure the kerning is right with the brush script so the tails on the letters match up. If they don't it makes it look like crap.

 

[teddybier]

Thanks Jim, i'll look into it. But the design isn't mine, i'm only asked to do some apparel for them, so i cant change too much

 

[synergy_jim]

Thanks Jim, i'll look into it. But the design isn't mine, i'm only asked to do some apparel for them, so i cant change too much

It looks good... whoever laid the logo out did well.... except they used brush script in the first place....

 

[Pat Whatley]

Exactly...the best way to plot Brush Script is to replace it with a better font choice.

 

[installator]

we weld ares so its sollied that way it doesnt have the joining marks on it. but you more then likely use something other then lixie or corel x13

 

[synergy_jim]

we weld ares so its sollied that way it doesnt have the joining marks on it. but you more then likely use something other then lixie or corel x13

is that english?

 

[Shovelhead]

is that english?

Translated from Cajun French.

 

[Jackpine]

Isn't Autoshade......Auto Shade?

Thanks a lot Fred, much appreciated.

Joe: i'm afraid there is

 

[teddybier]

Autoschade is a dutch word, meaning car damage.

 

[Jackpine]

My mistake....you are OK.....I only speak English, broken Croatian and a little pig Latin.

Autoschade is a dutch word, meaning car damage.