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• Steps

This article will show you how to create a path in Adobe Illustrator.

Steps

1. 1 Use the Pen tool or Pencil tool to draw a line.
2. 2 Click on the line and go to Object> Path> Outline Stroke. You will see how the line becomes an outline.
3. 3 You can set the color for both the outline and the interior.
4. 4 To create an outline from the text, use the Type Tool to create the text.
5. 5 Go to Type> Create Outlines.
6. 6 If a font has stroke weight, you need to take more steps than a regular font.
7. 7 After creating the outline, you will have a font with no stroke.
8. 8 Click on the font again and go to Object> Path> Outline Stroke. You will end up with a stroked path, but the path will be double.
9. 9 To make a single path, click on the font and right click on the ungroup, then go to Pathfinder> Add To Shape Area> Expand.