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672 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
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Adobe Illustrator (AI) technical notes
Importing an AI file
• You can import AI file formats up to and including Adobe Illustrator CS6.
• For files saved in Adobe Illustrator CS or higher with PDF-compatibility, text can be imported as text or curves.
• Objects with gradient fills that were created in CS5 may not appear correctly when imported.
• Corel programs cannot import AI files containing bitmaps linked as EPS files.
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Adobe Illustrator graphics are imported into the program as a group of objects. Click Object Ungroup to manipulate objects in the
imported graphic. If you open an AI file instead of importing it, you do not need to ungroup objects.
• Flash movies embedded in AI files are not imported.
• For AI CS4, CS5, and CS6 files, each Artboard is imported as an individual CorelDRAW page. In multi-page documents, objects that are
placed off a page are placed on the first page of the CorelDRAW document.
• Objects filled by using Global Colors (color schemes) appear correctly in CorelDRAW, but the Global Colors are not maintained as color
styles.
• Symbols, objects with patterns, and objects that have 3d extrude or bevel applied are converted as curves.
• Objects that have the Feather or Transparency effect applied are converted using the applicable lens effect in CorelDRAW.
• Objects that have the texture, drop shadow, blur, or brushstroke effect applied are converted as bitmap objects in CorelDRAW.
Exporting an AI file
• During export conversion, objects can become complex, making it difficult to edit them in other drawing programs or in CorelDRAW if
you reimport them. To avoid this problem, save the file to the CorelDRAW (CDR) format before exporting it, and use CorelDRAW for all
editing.
• If you create a file that will be printed in other programs, such as Adobe PageMaker, export it using the Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
filter, not the Adobe Illustrator (AI) filter. The Encapsulated PostScript filter supports more drawing effects than the Adobe Illustrator filter
does and yields better results overall.
• Most linear and radial fountain fills are preserved. Conical and square fountain fills are exported as a series of filled bands, an effect
similar to that achieved by blending. You can set the number of bands by clicking Tools Options. In the Workspace list of categories,
click Display, and type a number in the Previewfountain steps box. The maximum number of bands supported is 256.
• You can export text as text when you are exporting AI files from versions CS and later.
• When exporting multi-page CorelDRAW files to CS4 or later version, individual pages are exported as Artboards. The Arrange by row
format is used for the layout of the Artboards.
• When exporting multi-page CorelDRAW files to CS4 or later version, objects that are placed off of the page are removed.
• Some OpenType features are not supported by Adobe Illustrator.
Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB)
The Adobe Type I Font (PFB) is a file format that stores Adobe Type 1 fonts. Most Type 1 fonts are single master fonts that permit only style
editing; for example, Roman, italic, bold. A single master Type 1 font contains two files: a Printer Font Metrics (PFM) file and a Printer Font
Binary (PFB) file.
Some Type 1 fonts are also available in multiple master format. You can customize design elements of multiple master fonts such as weight,
width, style, and optical size. A multiple master base font is the multiple master font itself, from which you create variations called multiple
master instances. A multiple master base font is composed of a PFM file, a PFB file, and a Multiple Master Metrics (MMM) file. A multiple
master instance is composed of a PFM file and a PostScript Printer Stub (PSS) file.
Adobe Type 1 Fonts technical notes
• Adobe Type 1 fonts exported from CorelDRAW are unhinted.