Live text in transparency mask not outlining or showing in font list
This is a 2 part issue:
If I select all and outline the type the document doesn't outline anything that is in a transparency mask. This is a major flaw that needs to be resolved as has lead to mistakes being printed with default text.
Select all and outline needs to either include everything within transparency masks or a new command to outline text within these masks needs to be created as a separate option.A huge worry is I released work last week where I believed everything in the transparency masks had been correctly outlined by individually going in to the mask and outlining type.
When the printer opened the file, it said it still had live type, however, when I opened the file and checked the find/replace fonts panel, even thought there was live text still within a transparency layer that I had missed, the document said there were no live fonts, see attached image!
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This is something many struggle with, I think.
The problem is worse given the fact scripts can’t deal with the contents of opacity masks, reported here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/908050/suggestions/46727548 — and it means we can’t automate looping through each individual mask and doing anything with it, like outlining fonts... please upvote it if you really crave a one-click solution to the problem.Opacity masks are like parallel universe...
At the moment the only partial solution I can offer is to use the amazing and free Select Menu plugin form Graffix: https://rj-graffix.com/downloads/plugins/#selectmenu — it will allow you to select object with opacity masks applied (with the new Select > Object > Special Art Types > Opacity Masks) to help you iterate through them manually. Better than nothing!
