I am an experienced PHP programmer, but very new to Illustrator. Finally, the time has come that I need to download artwork from Shutterstock (shutterstock.com) for use on a customer's website.
The file is in .eps format, and when I open this file in Illustrator CS5 I see all of the "Lorem Ipsum" text, but it does not seem to be editable - it seems to be nothing but clickable paths.
Is there a simple way for me to use Illustrator to present to me the text in editable text form, so that I can proceed to edit the text?
The image is:
Answer
The text has been outlined (converted to paths). Once text has been outlined, it cannot be un-outlined.
This is typically done so that a font file does not have to be embedded. Ideally the designer should have kept a copy of the original text object locked and hidden, but I'm guessing that is not the case.
You will have to go through and re-create the text objects, unfortunately.
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