Day 16: Basic Text

By Tony Soh

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The type tools allows some simple common text formatting. You will learn about columns, wrap text and text on a path. This will help you create aesthetic type effects on brochures and newsletter covers.

Typing Text Using Point Text

To create a point text, simply click once on the artboard using the Type Tool and type out your text. Point text only allows you to write a one line text without any text wrap.

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Hi. I'm the founder of Vector Diary. Illustrator is my passion and I have written numerous tutorials on illustrator helping people learn illustrator. My most popular tutorial on learn illustrator has been a hit. It makes learning illustrator so easy and has benefited more than 20,000 people worldwide. Also, I've revealed some of my secret techniques in the premium tutorials. So don't forget to check it out!

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1. 
   agold October 2nd

   silly question, but what font are you using in this tut, and do you have any other good basic typography design resources (tutorials)?

2. 
   David February 7th

   Wow, never knew I could have so much fun with Type!

   I created the outline of some text, then changed the stroke to 5, then to 3, and put the stroke aligned as outside. Then I put a radial gradient in the text….Looked so cool! Imagine what I could create if I really put some time into it!

3. 
   David February 7th

   Oh..don’t forget the join option in the stroke also, play with it. I finally chose round join.

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   Carlos Alberto Michelena March 20th

   Este tutorial esta muy practico y muy bueno.

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