: How to merge objects with illustrator? Im kind of new to illustrator and wanted to creat a simple logo, so here what I did: changed background color to black and text color to white, used

@Bryan765

make a copy of the text, hide and lock original.
expand appearance -> copy of text
ungroup new paths created by last step. Sometimes you will get some empty paths too, delete these.
Select all letters and make compound path
use the pathfinder to add/subtract/merge/crop two or more paths (the compound text path and the other path). Do these all one at a time to prevent weird results.
release the compound path if neccessary to shift the letters around. You won't be able to edit it as text again, so make sure you have the text you want before you do this process.

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@Nimeshi706

By putting your background on it's own layer, you can show/hide it to help see what you're doing, but it's def not mandatory. You can lock that shape so you're only able to select your typography (whatever fits best here).

The tool you want (for how you're describing things) is the white arrow.


Move/Lock your background
Select all of your chopped-up type and UNGROUP it
Use your white arrow tool to select the shapes for deletion and hit your delete key.
*If you're only able to grab a single point on one of the shapes you need, and can't select it entirely without grabbing other shapes, use and single click that single point again. This will automatically select the rest of the points in that shape.
*If your shape is grouped (as it will be after you convert to outlines), all of the points in the group will be selected (using the method just mentioned)...hence Step #2 above.


Note: one other thing I do occasionally to help in this type of edit is use View > Preview (command+Y). It shows you just the vector lines of the entire illustration. Sometimes you'll catch shapes that don't appear in normal view because of their coloring (or lack there of).

HTH

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@Speyer780

Are you saying that you have an A which you turned into outlines and then drew a triangle on top of the A? I think what you need is Pathfinder→Merge. Select your A and your triangle and merge them. Do each letter separately.

Also, create some new layers and move your background to a new layer. This will help you keep your letters and the background separate for editing purposes.

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