My question is simple. When I try to loft text together I get unfavorable results. For example, I will type text into the window, duplicate all of the curves that make up the text, move the copy ahead of the original then lastly try to loft the two. That's where the problems arise. It looks like the curves are not matching the duplicate which results in the shape being all out of whack. I realize it has something to do with the curves not matching but I don't know how to get around it.

Any suggestions?