gulfcoastcajun

FirstDefence Yes that is exactly what I am trying to do

This is how the letters are intersecting, there is a break in between each letter I want a continuous flow

Okay so I am trying to design some stuff that has names in it but if I use a stroke to put an offset on it then it cuts through some of my letters, I would like for my letters to intersect like there were no breaks between each one. Can someone please tell me how to do this. I converted to curves and ungrouped all and moved them where I wanted to and clicked add, which worked on the one I did previously but this time it is filling my l's and e's etc but somehow not my a.... the holes are being filled in.

So I am used to another program where I was able to place text for example on top of a poster for example and cut the text out of the poster.... I hope someone is understanding what I am saying, in the other program it was slice here slice is something different, I think.... Still Learning ... Please Help...