Text Tool Settings

[HawaiianI]

I need an explanation for the grayed-out settings for:

1. Even-odd fill

What does it do????

[Ron P.]

The best explanation for this is found in the Help menu, which is quite odd...

Filling a path with the Even-Odd Fill option
Whenever you render a path object, the object is always filled with the color specified in the Color square on the Attribute Toolbar. When Even-Odd Fill is selected in the Options group of the Tool Settings Panel, the fill only occupies alternate areas created by overlapping path(s). This option is ideal when you have an irregularly-shaped object which folds over onto itself or a complex object containing multiple shapes inside, and you want to keep overlapping areas free of paint. For instance, you can easily create a pattern with alternating fills. The unfilled areas will show the base image.

This alternate filling effect can only be applied to path objects drawn in Continue Draw Mode using the Path Drawing Tool.

The help menu also has a couple of example images, which help you fully understand what it does..