You can create type by drawing a text box,
which will give you more flexibility.
You can also create text with no text box.
Hi, my name is Michael Chow, and in today's tutorial, we will learn how to use the type tool in Illustrator.
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Character panel allows easy access to text formatting and customization.
Go ahead and change the fonts sizes or the type to any of these exercises.
Let's open up the character panel.
Let's go to Window > Type > Character
Or you can use a keyboard shortcut which is
Command-T for a Mac or Control-T for a PC
In the tool bar, you will notice two type icons.
One is a T which is a Type Tool,
and the other type tool is in a shape.
Creating point type, point type stands by itself
This is good for headlines, titles, or even short passages of text.
When you are using the Type Tool, in the latest version of Adobe Illustrator, as soon as you start
using the type tool, it will automatically add lorem ipsum.
This is a design term called greeking, or filler text or some call it dummy text
Go ahead and select the type tool.
If you click once on the artboard with the type tool, it creates a two-word line of text, lorem ipsum.
Now, with the type tool still selected, click and drag a text box;
the text will automatically fill the box with lines of type.
In older versions of Illustrator, you will get the blinking cursor,
and you would have to enter the text manually.
Let's hover over the Area Type Tool, which is the T in a shape icon.
You will notice a small triangle in the bottom right-hand corner of this icon.
This tells us we have a tear-away panel and lets us have additional type tools
without having to click and hold to use them.
By clicking and holding this tool so I can pull it out of the tool
and be a stand-alone panel of tools.
There are two Area Type Tools, one is Area Type Tool, and Vertical Area Type Tool, that goes top to bottom.
Area Type Tool,
Creates type inside an open or closed path.
The lines of type that area created with this tool
automatically wrap inside the path.
Vertical Area Type Tool
Creates vertical type inside an open or closed path.
To enter type inside an object, create a geometric shape
or any type of shape.
Click on the edge of a path.
the text will automatically fill the box with lines of type.
In the layers panel, the layer will change from a shape object to a lorem ipsum layer.
If you noticed,
any fill, stroke, or brush stroke on the object is gone.
If you want to change the text in the shape, select the text,
or if it is still selected, it would be highlighted in black,
The type will go from edge to edge.
And you can go ahead and change the text.
I am going to leave it as-is for now.
Vertical area type flows from top to bottom and from right to left.
To make the type fit centred within the object,
make sure the object is selected and open the Paragraph panel.
Window > Type > Paragraph
Click on the centre icon, second from the left.
Open the align panel, click either the Align center
Command-Shift-C (Mac) or Control-Shift-C (PC)
If you want to colour the object
such as circle, box, rectangle but not the type?
Deselect the text box.
Use and choose the direct selection tool which is the white arrow tool,
Now, click on the edge of the object or click on any of the open nodes of the object.
Pick a colour in the colour swatches.
You should be able to add colour to the object now.
If you want to change the text colour, use the direct selection tool (the white arrow tool)
and click on the text and select a color in the swatches.
If you don’t want the type to touch the edge of the object, just change the Inset Spacing.
Choose Type > Area Type Options.
This will open a dialog box called Area Type Options.
Click on Preview to show you in real-time what changes you have done.
In the Offset area, either use the up or down arrow or enter a value for Inset Spacing
to adjust space between the edge and the type.
In the first baseline option change it to either Ascent,
to have the top of the tallest characters in the line touch the top of the object
Cap height is to have the top of uppercase letters touch the top of the object.
and fixed is entering a minimum value for the location of the baseline of the first line of text.
While working in the Area Type Options dialog box, I prefer to use the offset spacing because it's much easier to use,
but you can use other options listed in the box.
There are two path type tools,
type on a path and vertical type on a path.
Type on a Path Tool creates a line of type along the outer edge
of an open or closed path.
Vertical Type on a Path Tool creates
vertical type along the outer edge of an open or closed path.
Have you ever wonder how the type can be set on a curve, a wavy line or a circle?
First draw a wavy line with the pen tool.
Once done, click the Type on a Path
or Vertical Type on a Path
Click on the edge of a path.
the text will automatically fill the box with lines of type.
If you want to change the text, select the text,
or if it is still selected, it would be highlighted in black,
and you can go ahead and change the text.
To do special effects to your type, choose type on a path options.
Go to the menu, choose Type > Type on a Path > Type on a Path Options
A new dialog box will open.
When you are ready
choose your type on a path with the selection tool, the black arrow.
Check preview in the dialog box, so that you can see this in real-time.
Go ahead and experiment with the type options.
And when you are happy with your effect, click on OK.
With the path still selected, click on any of the brackets, left, center, or right to reposition your type.
For it to show up, choose the type on a path with the Selection,
the black arrow or Direct Selection Tool, which is the white arrow.
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