Greek letter tau in illustrator

veiky · 10-12-2006, 05:48 AM

Hi,

This is my first post on this forum. I hope to be part of techsupport for a long time.

I am using illustrator 9.

I want to use greek alphabet tau in text.

If I copy and paste it from word, illustrator dosent take it.

How can I do this?

Thanks

**koala** · 10-12-2006, 09:50 AM

Hi, welcome to TSF

Are you copying it from Word as text or as an image?

If it's text, you should be able to use the same font with the type tool in Illustrator, as the font is installed in Windows and can be used by any program.

If it's an image, convert it into curves and place the object in position.

v-six · 10-12-2006, 11:35 PM

Welcome aboard veiky. Go to your glyphs panel (type>glyphs) and insert it from there. Once inserted the first time, it can then be copied/pasted inside Illustrator. If it's not in the glyphs panel, it's not available to use in illustrator in the font you're using.

veiky · 10-12-2006, 11:43 PM

I am sorry, but what is a glyphs panel?

v-six · 10-12-2006, 11:54 PM

The glyphs panel contains all of the available characters for the selected font. I don't know if it is accessed the same way in Illustrator 8, but here's a screenshot from Illustrator CS..

P.S. It was too wide to attach full, so the server has shrunk it down, let me know if it's not clear.

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veiky Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	Greek letter tau in illustrator Hi, This is my first post on this forum. I hope to be part of techsupport for a long time. I am using illustrator 9. I want to use greek alphabet tau in text. If I copy and paste it from word, illustrator dosent take it. How can I do this? Thanks

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koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,327 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Hi, welcome to TSF Are you copying it from Word as text or as an image? If it's text, you should be able to use the same font with the type tool in Illustrator, as the font is installed in Windows and can be used by any program. If it's an image, convert it into curves and place the object in position. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

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v-six Manager Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gardiner, NY Posts: 2,076 OS: OS X for mac, XP Pro for PC	Welcome aboard veiky. Go to your glyphs panel (type>glyphs) and insert it from there. Once inserted the first time, it can then be copied/pasted inside Illustrator. If it's not in the glyphs panel, it's not available to use in illustrator in the font you're using. __________________ mysql> --i-am-a-dummy Last edited by v-six; 10-12-2006 at 11:41 PM.

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veiky Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	I am sorry, but what is a glyphs panel?