• Adobe Illustrator

  turning text into stencils

  Posted by John Crossfield on November 4, 2010 at 10:54 pm

  Hi, new to illustrator doing most things in p/shop. I need to prepare a bunch of text ready for a laser cutter to use to cut out the letters as stencils.

  So, I know I need to create outlines. Then on certain letters I need to add bridges(so the hole in the o for instance doesn’t fall out). I tried to do this by drawing two thin rectangles but what I need to do is use these rectangles to separate the letter, effectively creating two seperate shapes, ie, the top of the o and the bottom of the o. Does this make sense? I’m sure it’s a really easy thing to do but I’m missing it.

  Please help

  Les Nemeth replied 15 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Les Nemeth

  November 5, 2010 at 8:11 pm

  >>Does this make sense?
  Sorry but it doesn’t for me. Maybe you could illustrate in PS (or even a pencil sketch) of what are you trying to do.

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