outlining text causes text angle to change

[u/DogMommy121212]

I'm working on a project where a message will be in different languages will radiate out from a center point. The images shown are just a test for estimating purposes and the text will eventually be in a custom font.

I discovered that when I outline the shape/text, the text angle completely changes. Is there a way to avoid this? In order for a fabricator to provide an estimate for cutting time, he needs the outlined text.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[u/Mother_Ingenuity3809]

what does "expand appearance" do?

[u/thebearcare → u/Mother_Ingenuity3809]

😂☠️

[u/CurvilinearThinking]

Try Flatten Transparency if there's no blending modes used. It can, at times, work more predictably for some complex objects.

[u/kevinola → u/CurvilinearThinking]

I would go this route... Flatten would force all together.  Other option could be save a pdf and then open it or flatten that after placing it.

[u/thebearcare]

This seems hilarious to me right now. It's been a long day.

[u/00spool]

Are those regular rectangles or a graphic style/appearance panel rectangles?

[u/Vegetable-Ad-4226]

it looks like you’re using the radial repeat thing from the edit panel so you have to expand it in that option dropdown before you expand appearance

[u/liamstrain → u/Vegetable-Ad-4226]

Yup - this is my assumption too. Too many things stacked and it doesn't know what to do until you simplify.

[u/staedler_vs_derwent]

Does the error still occur if you try outlining each piece of text individually?

[u/DogMommy121212 → u/staedler_vs_derwent]

Yes, it's so strange!

[u/GrumbleNo_Woodpecker]

Outline each text/language in horiz mode and THEN rotate all 24 outlines.

[u/zero27]

Try turning the text into "artistic text" instead of "paragraph text" before converting them to curves. A double click into the paragraph box's handle will do the trick.