How Do You Convert Text to Outline Shapes in Adobe XD?


How Do You Convert Text to Outline Shapes in Adobe XD?

If you are wanting to export a text based graphic icon or text symbol it is a good idea to convert it to outlines before exporting. If you don’t, when you embed the svg it will be looking for the web font being used and not look right.

  1. Select the text box containing the graphic
  2. Enter this keyboard shortcut:
    on a mac CMD + 8
    on Windows CTRL + 8
  3. Export the selection as svg


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