I need to create a clipping mask that covers the negative space of my created path...

Question

Like in a Circle I need to make the compound path the inner area or negative space of my objects. I have expanded letters and joined their paths so that there are negative space, I was wondering if it were possible to fill in the negative space with a clipping mask? (like one would with an object like a circle or rectangle) The letter that I am using is an A and I have connected two A's together like a diamond reflecting each other... Is it possible to create a clipping mask to cover the negative space of the inside of the letters...?

Answer 1

Colio,
As (Kurt and) I (mis)understand it, you may, presuming the As form one Compound Path:
1) Lock the underlying gradient rectangle;
2) Copy the path of the four As and hide the original;
3) With the copy selected Object>Compound Path>Release, then delete the outer path, then select all the inner paths and Object>Compound Path>Make;
4) Unlock the rectangle from 1) and select it with the compound path from 3) and Object>Clipping Path>Make;
5) Show the original compound path from 2).
You can do it without the hiding and locking, but that makes it easier to see and to avoid mistakes.