Combining text with a shape does not work
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Hi,
Create a text and draw a square over it, select both and then apply combine. It does not produce the text as a hole. I tried converting the text to a curve, but that also doesn't work.
Moreover, combine doesn't work at all on anything anymore after that, unless you clear the undo stack to before you combined the text and a shape.
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@Gremriel I tested this (on a Mac) and it seems to work. Is there an example file you could send me by email, it would help identify the issue.
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@vectoradmin I guess Gremriel tried to subtract the text from the shape. If so, indeed it doesn't work properly — the text gets combined with the shape as a bunch of paths inside the bigger shape but the letters are not rendered as holes in it, probably because their path direction/winding is not reversed: https://recordit.co/GjXD2ZAQAB
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I used Object -->Combine, Combine. And it indeed results in paths inside the shape.
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@Gremriel Try 'Remove Overlaps' then.
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Yes, that works. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the Combine option? In CorelDraw it's called Combine, and that works like the Remove Overlaps in VectorStyler.
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@Gremriel In VS combine creates a path with multiple sub-paths (possibly holes).
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I have problems as the same as yours. Try with Object>Break apart (CTRL+K) twice, than weld text to make one object and subtract from shape. Instead of converting text to curves. Somtimes works some not. It's quite problematic. I'm confused with that.
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@vectoradmin said in Combining text with a shape does not work:
@Gremriel In VS combine creates a path with multiple sub-paths (possibly holes).
OK, but if I draw two shapes, one inside the other, and then do combine, I reliably have a hole in the larger shape. If I draw a T shape, I will have a T-shaped hole. Unless the smaller shape was text (either converted to curve or not) I get a sub-path inside a path.
As I said, I might be mistaken the function of combine, and I need to use remove overlaps.
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Try in that way:
- Draw a shape( shape should be placed under the text)
- Write a text
- Break apart x2
4 Combine with holes (CTRL+8)
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@Gremriel A temporary fix for combine results: select the object and in the appearance panel set the winding mode of the fill style. Clicking on the icon alternates between even-odd and winding mode fill.
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@vectoradmin said in Combining text with a shape does not work:
@Gremriel A temporary fix for combine results: select the object and in the appearance panel set the winding mode of the fill style. Clicking on the icon alternates between even-odd and winding mode fill.
That seems to do the trick. Thank you.
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@Gremriel The new build 1.0.025 has some fixes regarding the text shape combination issues.
