Illustrator Week 7: Working with Text, Paragraphs, and Importing/Exporting - Prof. Peter L, Study notes of Communication

Download Illustrator Week 7: Working with Text, Paragraphs, and Importing/Exporting - Prof. Peter L and more Study notes Communication in PDF only on Docsity! VC 114 :: Week 07 1 of 5 12 November 2008 — Demonstration Outline — week::seven Working With Text The Type Tool o Type (T) Click and drag to create a text box of any size (preferred method) Click and release to create a single-line text box o Area Type o Path Type o Vertical Type o Vertical Area Type o Vertical Path Type Type Tool Hints o Characters within text areas can be formatted independently of each other. o For the Area and Path tools, click on the edge of an object to convert it to a text area. o Once an object has been converted to a text area, the stroke and fill of the object are removed. These can be reapplied after conversion using the Direct Selection tool. o The paths of a text area can be manipulated and altered just like any other path using the Direct Selection tool. Character Palette o Window > Type > Character (Command-T) o Typeface o Weight/Style Note that Illustration does not support faux bold and faux italic. o Size ( ) Use Command-Shift-< and Command-Shift-> to decrease or increase the font size. o Leading ( , pronounced Led-ing) The distance from baseline to baseline between lines of type. Can also use the Option key and the up/down arrows to adjust. o Kerning ( ) The addition or removal of space between a pair of adjacent characters. o Tracking ( ) The simultaneous adjustment of space between three or more characters. Can also use the Option key and the left/right arrows to adjust. o Other options: Vertical scale ( ) and Horizontal scale ( ) Baseline shift ( ) Rotation ( , individual characters only) All caps, small caps, superscript, subscript (via the Character palette menu) VC 114 :: Week 07 2 of 5 12 November 2008 — Demonstration Outline — Paragraph Palette o Window > Type > Paragraph (Command- Option-T) o Horizontal Alignment Left, Center, Right, Justify Last Left, Justify Last Center, Justify Last Right, Justify All. o Left and Right Indent o First Line Indent o Space Before Paragraph o Space After Paragraph o Enable/disable Hyphenation Converting Type to Artwork o Access: Type > Create Outlines… (Command-Shift-O) o Converts all text in selected Text boxes into editable paths. Type is no longer editable as text. o All object editing tools can be used to modify the new artwork. o One common use is creating type for logos—this feature removes the type's dependency on the system font. Columns o Illustrator can alter a Text box to display text in multiple rows and columns. o You can modify your column settings after they’ve been applied. o The result is essentially a set of new linked text boxes. o To access, select the Text box with the Selection tool, then select Type > Area Type Options… Tab Ruler o Access: Window > Type > Tabs (Command-Shift-T) o Similar to tabs in word processing programs. Text Wrap Overview o Allows you to wrap text directly around both imported or drawn artwork. Text Wrap How-To o Make sure the object you are wrapping text around is in front of the text area. To bring an object to the front, select Object > Arrange > Bring to Front (Command-Shift-]) o Select the image or object on which you want to apply a text wrap, then select Object > Text Wrap > Make. You can specify the amount of offset when you apply a wrap. This controls how close to an object text can come. o To release a text wrap at any time, select Object > Text Wrap > Release. o Use the Object > Text Wrap > Text Wrap Options… to numerically alter the offset of the wrap. o Text Wrap in Illustrator is pretty basic—InDesign provides a much larger array of wrap options.