How to Convert Text to Outlines in Illustrator

If you convert text to shape in Illustrator, you no longer can edit it as a text, but you get something else in return: total freedom in reshaping and styling the outlines. In this video tutorial, you’ll learn how to vectorize text in Illustrator, and how to solve a certain problem that can happen in the process.

You Will Learn:
• How to convert text to outlines in Illustrator
• How to make text into a shape in Illustrator
• How to outline overlapping letters
• How to add outside stroke to text in Illustrator

You can use any font you want, but if you like the one I used, you can download it on Envato Elements:

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[pa]

Thank you so much! As someone who just started I needed this but didn't even know it was possible

[kalinle]

How to revert this when downloading a temlpate and everything is in outlines but we want to edit that or see which font it is.

[bryan_ferrer]

Hi what is the difference of create outline to expand? I habitually use both but i can not seem to know which one should be used. Thank you

[janainatemis]

my app doesnt allow me to convert into outlines