Husbandman Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 In Illustrator you can offset an object to expand and contract it. I want to be able to expand some type that has been converted to cures so that it can be a mask. The only way I figured I could do this is to set a stroke to the expanse I want and then to expand the stroke. The problem is the stroke is still acting as if its part of the type instead of a separate object and there is no way I can figure out how to combined the type and the stroke to make a mask object. Quote Macbook Pro 13 (Mid 2010) - Web Designer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 When you 'Convert to Curves' a text layer, the result is a group. You need to ungroup the group before you can 'Expand Stroke'. Husbandman 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husbandman Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Thanks that worked great. Alfred 1 Quote Macbook Pro 13 (Mid 2010) - Web Designer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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