evtonic3 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Is it possible to have text objects as symbols? Like if I type out display text and then make that a symbol? Subsequently I'd change it one time and then all copies of the symbols would update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Good evening, evtonic3, If I understand your question correctly, the answer is yes. Essai.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matisso Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Confirmed. I used that quite recently when I was preparing multiple variants of a responsive website. So, enjoy. Cheers, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Thanks but can I edit an instance with a different color, and then resync it back to "main "symbol"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Yes, You can select an instance, click on "Detach" in the "Symbol" panel, apply a new color to it and create a new symbol with this instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 What I found is not possible (unless I did something wrong) is: Have a Text Object as a Symbol Select one instance of that Symbol and change the font Change the text and then see all instances change This would be useful to test some text with several fonts at once. If anyone know if it's possible, please let me know. Best regards! Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matisso Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Oh, right.Yup, sadly, it looks like a bug. When you change colour of the text in a symbol instance (unchecking «Sync» toggle prior to that, of courses), the attributes that get unlinked are «Text, Text Frame», so it basically breaks most of synchronization except the size (even that works only when you resize the text using its bouding box – setting font size directly doesn't work, either). Cheers, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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