How do you weld in XaraX?

[carygee]

One of the cool tools in CD10 is the weld tool. I especially like its ability to take a script font with a stroke but no fill and create, well, seamlessly welded letters. (Deselect Source and Target and merely point to the text).

I have tried to do this in XaraX without success. My best attempts produce welded letters but some without their centers (eg an "a", "d", "b" etc.)

What am I doing wrong?

[carygee]

One of the cool tools in CD10 is the weld tool. I especially like its ability to take a script font with a stroke but no fill and create, well, seamlessly welded letters. (Deselect Source and Target and merely point to the text).

I have tried to do this in XaraX without success. My best attempts produce welded letters but some without their centers (eg an "a", "d", "b" etc.)

What am I doing wrong?

[Egg Bramhill]

Could you include an image so we can see exactly what your trying to achieve?
Egg

[Egg Bramhill]

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[carygee]

Yup, that did the trick! I was a little confused in your second illustration where you suggested a solid fill with no stroke. I tried the Convert to Editble Shape and Combine Shapes|Add Shapes on a no fill but stroked script font and I got what I wanted (without the dropouts). Thanks!

[Egg Bramhill]

...and you can come up with some great effects.
Glad I could help. Xara usually has a work round, that leads to better results than a single one click option, it just requires some thinking through.
Egg

[webitect]

very simple andvery effective! Thanks for the tip, this one might be handy enough to include in the tips section...I know I will be able to use it.

Chris [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]