Creating an Illustration with the Drawing Tools - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 248

5. Press the Shift key, and click the next point in the template path to the right to set
the next point, creating a straight segment.
6. For the next arch, position the pointer over the last point created (notice that the
convert-point icon appears [^]), and then drag down from that point to the gold
dot. This creates a new direction line.
7. Click the next point, and drag up to complete the arch.
8. Click the last anchor point you just created to remove the direction line.
9. Shift-click the next point to create the second straight segment.
10. Click and drag up from the last point created to create a direction line, and then
click and drag down on the end point to create the final arch.