Delete a composite font, Export a composite font, Updating text from illustrator 10 – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual

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USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4

Type

Delete a composite font

1

Choose Type > Composite Fonts. If you don’t see this command, select Show Asian Options in the Type
preferences.

2

Select the composite font from the Composite Font dialog box.

3

Click Delete Font, and then click Yes.

Export a composite font

Composite fonts exported from Illustrator can be imported into the Japanese version of Adobe InDesign 2 or later.

1

Choose Type > Composite Fonts. If you don’t see this command, select Show Asian Options in the Type
preferences.

2

Click Export in the Composite Font dialog box.

3

Select a location for the file, enter a filename, and click Save.

Updating text from Illustrator 10

Updating type created in Illustrator 10

Type objects created in Illustrator 10 and earlier are uneditable until you update them for use in later versions. After
you update you have access to all the text features in Illustrator CS4, such as paragraph and character styles, optical
kerning, and full OpenType® font support.

You don’t have to update the text if you don’t need to edit it. Text that has not been updated is called legacy text. You
can view, move, and print legacy text, but you can’t edit it. Legacy text has an x through its bounding box when selected.

After updating legacy text, you may notice some minor reflow changes. You can easily readjust the text on your own,
or you can use a copy of the original text for reference. By default, Illustrator appends the word “[Converted]” to the
filename whether or not you update the text in a file, effectively making a copy of your document to preserve the
integrity of your original file. You can then choose to update the original later or, if you already updated it, go back to
the original version.

Note: If you don’t want Illustrator to append the filename, choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or
Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and deselect Append [Converted] Upon Opening Legacy Files.

Update all legacy text in a document

Do one of the following:

When opening the document, click Update when prompted by Illustrator.

After opening the document, choose Type > Legacy Text

> Update All Legacy Text.

Update selected legacy text

Do one of the following:

To update the text without creating a copy, select the type object and choose Type > Legacy Text

> Update Selected

Legacy Text. Alternatively, select a type tool and click in the text that you want to update, or double-click the text
that you want to update using the Selection tool. Then click Update.

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