Creating a second border on text

[sisom]

Hi, does anybody know a way of creating a second border or outline on text? I've tried using 'Paint on edges', but this only paints on the outside edge of the word, i.e. it misses out the borders of letters which touch each other, and the inside of o and a, e, etc. I tried finding a 'break apart' function for the text, but couldn't find it - I thought that might enable me to get the effect I'm after.

[Ron P.]

I know your post is getting somewhat dated. I've revisited this several times, also trying to find a way to accomplish this. You stated that you tried to find a break apart... which is a function that Corel Draw has. Do you by chance use Corel Draw? If so you may need to start with that or possibly even use it to get what you're after here. In Corel Draw you can choose to have the outline without a fill, then contour, and many other ways to get the extra border.

I've tried several different approaches, and the closest uses the Selections. I don't think it gets close enough to a satisfactory result though. You can create your text as a selection, or create a selection from your text. Then save the selection. Reload it, and under the Selection menu it has options such as Border, where you can create a border inward or outward.

If the letters are too close, try kearning them, to get more space between them. This will provide for a better chance of expanding the border, or using a wider border.

[sisom]

Hi Ron, I found a different way of doing it, which seems to work quite well.
Enter the text you want, then right click and choose Edit Attributes, then in the Tool Settings - Text menu on the right hand side of the screen, tick 'Keep Original Text' and press the 'Split' button.
Then press Enter to deselect the text.
Click the Paintbrush tool, select a width that is similar to the width of the border already on the text, set 'Soften paint edges' to 50%, then select the text, and press Shift-P (shortcut for 'Paint on edges').

[Ron P.]

Cool, works great!! Thanks..