How to Create a Logo With Text and Graphics in ClarisWorks

A guide to creating logos that are saved a pictures so the fonts used are disassociated from the logo.

This information was provided by Claris Corporation on 16 March 1998, and incorporated into Apple Computer's Tech Info Library.

If you create a drawing, such as a logo that incorporates text, you need the fonts installed on your computer to view and print the text properly. This becomes a problem if you share files frequently with others who do not have the same fonts. You can eliminate the need for these fonts by converting the logo to a paint document.

To get a screen-resolution quality image (72 dpi) of your logo just copy and paste the original object and text to a new paint document. Then save the new paint document as a PICT file. You can then use this image in programs other than ClarisWorks.

To get a higher quality (~300 dpi) image for better printing output follow these steps:

1. Increase the size of the graphic 400 percent. Select your graphic and choose Transform from the Arrange menu, then choose Scale By Percent (ClarisWorks 4.0). In ClarisWorks 3.0 choose Scale Selection from the Options menu.

2. Increase the size of the text block by 4 times. For example, a text block formatted at 24 point size is set to 96 point size.


Note: Some objects may appear off the page because of the scaling procedure, however they are still available by choosing Select All from the Edit menu.

3. Move any objects as necessary to get them positioned properly.

4. Choose Select all from the Edit menu, then choose Copy.

5. Open a new Paint document.

6. Choose Resolution and Depth from the Format menu and set the resolution to 288 or 300 dpi. You may need to increase the amount of RAM allocated for ClarisWorks to 4 MB or so to do this as larger resolution document take more memory to create.

7. Choose Paste from the Edit menu to paste the logo into the paint document.

8. Choose Save As from the File menu, then choose the file type to PICT so that this image can be used in other documents or applications.

The paint document version of the logo will view and print properly, even if the computer does not have the fonts that were used to create the image. However, the text is no longer editable. Converting a drawing or text to PICT format or a paint document drops all the editing properties for the text or graphic. Therefore, you should keep the original draw document in case you need to edit the text later.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012