What kind of tutorial about typing and letters would this be if we didn’t have a section on fonts? To change your font you need to go to the character palette (cmd T) or Window > Type > Character. However, we’re not quite done with character manipulating. With this, you can just click on a letter and do your edit! You can move, scale, rotate, and change the font.Ĭongratulations, we finished going over each function of the Type tool. Adobe knows we’re about the lazy life, and created the Touch Type Tool. If you wanted to edit one letter, you would have to double click into the text box, highlight it, and then do your edit – what a pain. If you haven’t noticed, whenever we click on a letter, the whole text box will highlight. Holding down the Type button (T), the last function is the Touch Type Tool (shift T). Let’s return to the toolbar and Type Tool (T). Click on the ‘preview’ checkbox, and play around! When you’re done you can hit OK to keep what you made or cancel to revert back to the original. A dialogue box will pop up offering effects, alignment, and spacing. These functions also have extra sets of options when you go to the top bar Type > Type on a Path > Type on a Path Options. Type on a Path Tool Vertical Type on a Path Tool It also allows you to type on any line/unclosed shape. We will now talk about the (Vertical) Type on a Path Tool. These two tools are essentially the same except that one types horizontally and one vertically. The same goes for the Vertical Type Area Tool. The only difference is that you’re typing from top to bottom. You can either click, click-drag-type, or click on an edge of a shape to type. The Vertical Type Tool works like the first type tool we used. Like I mentioned before, the Area Type Tool allows you to type inside a shape and will stay contained inside said shape. This is also called the Area Type Tool.Īnd funny enough, if you hold down the Type Tool icon in the toolbar, the very next function is the Area Type Tool. But to do this, you must click on the outer edge of said shape (the word path will show up as you hover over the edge). This will also contain your text, but in any shape.
Area type: Click on a closed path (a closed shape) to create an area type.
Click and drag: This will create a text box, which will contain your text in a rectangle. This is usually used for small amounts of text such as a title or header. Click: This will allow you to type continuously in a straight line. There are 3 ways you can use this tool: 1. To start, bring up the Type Tool by pressing (T) or going to your toolbar and hitting the ‘T’ icon. We’ll be taking you through them in this comprehensive guide. In fact, Illustrator has very powerful type and character manipulation.
While Illustrator is mainly for illustrating and InDesign is mainly for publishing, that doesn’t mean you can’t publish with Illustrator or illustrate on InDesign.
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