how do you take a font (that has been rendered into outlines) and make the entirety of the whole, appear checkered?
by checkered i mean like a picnic blanket or a finish line for a race

 

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lock it, then make 5 boxes and 4 boxes, group them, c/p until you cover the whole word then unlock. group all, and combine?

 

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i see what you mean, what about starting with a gridded box then overlaying the font (in this case an outlined M) then removing the elements outside of the letter M after merging the checkered elements with the font (does that make sense?)

 

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up for more help

 

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Window > Swatch Libraries > Patterns > Decorative > Decorative_Geometric 2


second one in is a checker swatch which you can use as a fill.


Or you could arrange your own checkered boxes on the M the way you like, select them all sans M, click edit > define pattern, and that will create a swatch which you can use as a fill.

 

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you could do it through layering with a mask.

here is a tutorial

http://www.voidix.com/illustrator_inlay_text.html

 

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ask your mom.....wait, sorry i thought you said whore illustrator question

 

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