Illustrator Type Tricks

Table of Contents:

00:11 – How to style type in Illlustrator
01:26 – Spell Check
01:54 – Making your text shape by Using Type, Create Outlines
02:14 – Ungroup shapes by using Object, Ungroup
02:39 – Move letters independent of others
02:57 – Change colors of letters
03:05 – Using Pathinder to create cutouts of letters
03:38 – Using knife tool to cut letters
03:57 – Using swatches to select knife spaces and fill
04:27 – Changing the appearance of letters using direct selection
05:04 – Opening a new brush library
05:28 – Adding a brush stroke to your letters
05:43 – Changing brush options
05:59 – Opening gradient panel
06:14 – Dragging new colors to gradient
06:43 – Adding gradient to swatches
06:57 – Using the gradient tool to change direction of gradient