: Extra horizontal line after adding type to image using Pathfinder Unite in Illustrator I am trying to make the path of the letters in 'hanwell' trim to/flush with the edges of the bridge illustration,

@Barnes313

The pathfinder functions don't always work well with open paths. The way I would solve this would be to try and make the archways into a closed shape without any open end-points.

To work with Pathfinder, I might make a copy of my entire structure and make it all into one shape - then I could use this copy to activate the Pathfinder functions and keep my original design intact.

Lets say I have a simple bridge made of paths like this:


The parts with black strokes are open paths, and the grey are closed shapes


Copy the whole thing onto a new layer and start messing with it to create the solid shape that we can feed into Pathfinder

I would then join these end points of the arches to a line above.

Select these two points:


and CMD + j to join them



Once we've done that on each end we have only closed shapes to work with:



Which we can then Unite into one solid object:



Then we can bring in our type and Unite this shape with it:




Or maybe I would use a clipping mask to hide the parts behind the bridge

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@Ravi4787994

To see only the outlines of every object (even the ones that have no fill or stroke) go to view>outline. That way you can see what is bothering you.
Here what you have to do is obvious, and you started doing it: take care of the bridge" and only then add the type.
I think something wen't wrong with the original drawing of the bridge so the best thing would be to rebuild it.
Your shape is pretty simple, its only this repeating itself:



Here's how you rebuild the image fast:



So just rebuild this little part with your pentool.

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