Typography in Ai
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Typography in Ai
The type tool in Illustrator is easy to use and incredibly useful. Learning all the options that the type panel provides will help you create portfolio pages, custom text illustrations and logos.
In this lesson you'll learn:
How to install a purchased font in Adobe Illustrator
How to use the Type Tool
How to use the Type Panel to change the leading, tracking, size and kerning of a font
How to create a paragraph of text by converting a shape to a text box
How to create font outlines
Take Action:
Create a text object in Illustrator and familiarize yourself with the Type Tool Panel.
Create a shape (any shape will work!) and fill it with paragraph text.
Create an outline of your text (especially useful if sending a file with custom fonts included).
Great Job! Keep Going!
The Shape Builder Tool
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