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Type
Last updated 6/5/2015
3 In the OpenType panel, choose an option from the Position pop-up menu:
Default Position Uses the default position for the current font.
Superscript/Superior Uses raised characters (if available in the current font).
Subscript/Inferior Uses lowered characters (if available in the current font).
Numerator Uses characters designed as fraction numerators (if available in the current font).
Denominator Uses characters designed as fraction denominators (if available in the current font).
Change the size and position of superscripts or subscripts
❖ Choose File > Document Setup, specify the following values for Superscript and Subscript, and then click OK:
• For Size, type a percentage of the font size for superscripted and subscripted text.
• For Position, type a percentage of the regular leading to specify how much the superscript and subscript text will
move.
Convert type to outlines
You can turn type into a set of compound paths, or outlines, that you can edit and manipulate as you would any other
graphic object. Type as outlines are useful for changing the look of large display type, but they are rarely useful for body
text or other type at small sizes.
Font outline information comes from the actual font files installed on your system. When you create outlines from type,
characters are converted in their current positions; they retain all graphics formatting such as their stroke and fill.
A Original type object B Type converted to outlines, ungrouped, and modified
Note: You can’t convert bitmap fonts or outline-protected fonts to outlines.
When you convert type to outlines, the type loses its hints—instructions built into fonts to adjust their shape so that
your system displays or prints them optimally at a wide range of sizes. If you plan to scale the type, adjust its point size
before converting.
You must convert all the type in a selection; you cannot convert a single letter within a string of type. To convert a single
letter into an outline, create a separate type object containing only that letter.
1 Select the type object.
2 Choose Type > Create Outlines.