If you’re like most people, you probably use Adobe Illustrator to create graphics and illustrations. One of the tools you may use a lot is the text tool. In this article, we’ll show you how to convert text to objects in Illustrator. First, open up Illustrator and create a new document. You can use any size or shape for your document, but we recommend using a standard A4 size paper for best results. Next, select the text tool from the toolbar and click on the text layer in your document. Now, you’ll need to choose what type of conversion you want to do. You have three options: text to path, text to shape, and text to image. We’ll show you how to do each one below.

  1. Text to Path: To convert your text into a path, first select all of the text with the selection tool (A). Then press (CMD+J) to copy your selection onto the clipboard (or press (Control+C) on a PC). Next, open up the Pathfinder panel by clicking on Window > Pathfinder or by pressing (P) on a Mac keyboard shortcut. Paste your copied selection into the Pathfinder panel and click on OK (or press Enter on a PC keyboard shortcut). Now, all of your selected text will be converted into a path object.
  2. Text to Shape: To convert your text into a shape object, first select all of the text with the selection tool (A). Then press (CMD+SHIFT+G) together to create an anchor point at the beginning of each word in your selection. Now drag each word in your selection until it’s exactly where you want it positioned within your document window (or press [Control]+[Shift]+[G] together on a Mac keyboard shortcut). Once everything is positioned where you want it, release [Ctrl]/[Command]+[G] keys simultaneously. Your selected text will now ..