: How to draw a semicircle inside of another one in Illustrator? I am having trouble drawing a partial circle inside another circle. The outer shape is actually a lower case "b" with a font

@Hamaas979

There are few steps to this, but it's pretty simple:


Start with your original letter shape and convert to paths
Use Object > Compound Path > Release to separate the paths that make up the letter
Select the inner shape and use Object > Path > Offset Path to create an inner circle
Select the new inner path and use Object > Path > Offset Path again
Select both inner paths and go to Object > Compound Path > Make
Create a suitable shape and use Pathfinder to chop away the part of the newly created shape that you don't want or delete unwanted points
Use Object > Compound Path > Make to recombine the original character paths


The below illustration shows the steps:


Hope that's clear.

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