wrecklessranch 1 Posted April 22, 2017 I am trying to make a decal using this text: http://www.fonts2u.com/ncaa-tcu-horned-frogs.font I have tried saving it every which way in illustrator and it either says "nothing to cut" or the one single letter drops down to the next line. I fully recognize that I'm a complete amateur but why on earth is something seemingly so simple turn into such a giant pain??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted April 22, 2017 Are you downloading and installing the font to your computer font folder? You must to use it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted April 23, 2017 I just installed it on my computer, it installed fine and loaded in my software Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrecklessranch 1 Posted April 23, 2017 It does that on mine too... And it works fine in illustrator but when I save it as an EPS file and open it in VinylMaster one of the letters drops down to the next line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrecklessranch 1 Posted April 23, 2017 Seriously.... what the heck?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted April 23, 2017 Can you convert it to curves-outlines before saving as an .eps file 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrecklessranch 1 Posted April 23, 2017 How do I do that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted April 23, 2017 So why can't you just type it out in Vinyl Master? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrecklessranch 1 Posted April 23, 2017 Just now, MZ SKEETER said: So why can't you just type it out in Vinyl Master? For some reason that text doesn't show up as an option in Vinyl Master Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrecklessranch 1 Posted April 23, 2017 Oh, I think that worked... I don't even know what I just did but THANK YOU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,625 Posted April 24, 2017 The font is an OTF font, I don't know Vinyl Master, does it support OTFs? I suspect it does not and that is why it doesn't show up in the lists of fonts. If that is the case then as Skeeter suggested you'll want to convert it to curves before trying to open it with Vinyl Master. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildgoose 4,200 Posted April 24, 2017 Wreckless, IF you run into this again, in AI after you have the text like you want it. Go to Type>create outlines or use the quick keys Shirt+Ctrl+o (Comm+Shift+o on mac) to create outlines from the font. Bear in mind that within AI that will render the text an object and it will no longer be editable as text so be sure you have it all spelled correctly. Additionally if you have applied an effect like one of the many warps from the effect pallet then you often have to expand again under the Expand Apperance in the object menu. Just to further confound the hapless you can also create outlines of text using the Expand function instead of the Create Outlines. AI tends to have multiple ways to get from point A to point B, some yield slightly different results. It's a vast program with lots of learning involved. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites