Logo design help... What's the best way to outline type in a vector program?

[Evan Wiener]

What's the best way to outline type in a vector program? Is there a better way to create an outline of some display type (for a logo) than simply creating a stroke? I know stroking the type can eat into the letter forms and I wasn't sure if there was a better way of going about doing this.

This seems to be a decent method, and one I've used in the past:
http://www.balloontales.com/tips/multiple/index.html

[David Aspmo]

This seems to be a decent method, and one I've used in the past:
http://www.balloontales.com/tips/multiple/index.html
I'm not an expert, but the method shown in the link was the first thing that came to my mind.

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David Aspmo

[Modok Gas]

If you're using Illustrator, simply select the word and then from the pulldown menu TYPE--->Create Outline

The word can then no longer be edited with the type tool but will become vector shapes. You can UNGROUP them to edit letter separately.