Illustrator: Best method to vectorise handwriting

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maverickMon 20/08/07 20:14

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Hey guys,

Bit of a newbie to Illustrator and not familiar with it's features yet.

I have some hand written text that I have to turn in to a vector graphic.

So far I'm writing it out using my graphics pad and then tweaking the paths but it's proving tedious as hell. I have quite a bit to copy.

Is it possible to somehow have illustrator do something clever and turn the graphic in to a path?

hmmmmm

ollysugarMon 20/08/07 20:19

 

Flash has a really good trace tool - I can't ever seem to get the Illustrator one to work myself.

#202651Mon 20/08/07 20:42

 

Do you mean you've got something like a sheet of paper with handwritten text on it?

maverickMon 20/08/07 20:57

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Basically.. my boss has sent me a scan of his handwriting and wants to add it to a design.

The scan isn't particularly good quality. The local designers he was using in San Francisco just used the original scan and cleaned it up a little, but it still didn't look as clean as it should.

I basically want each letter as a path, that I can edit if need be.

Live trace didn't seem to do the job, plus it didn't trace as paths. Writing it by hand seems the most accurate but it's also taking forever.

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