Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Note
If you miss the text, you will create point type. Choose Edit > Undo Type,
if that's the case, and try again.
5.
Select the Type tool ( ) in the Tools panel, and with the pointer over the text,
click to insert the cursor in the text. Choose Select > All, or press Command+A
(Mac OS) or Ctrl+A (Windows), to select all the text in both threaded text objects.
Tip
You will accidentally click with the Type tool and create a type object
from time to time and want to get rid of the ones you aren't using. Illus-
trator has an easy way to clean up those objects: Object > Path > Clean
Up.
6.
Click the arrow to the right of the Font menu in the Control panel, and notice the
fonts that appear in the menu. These fonts are those that are installed locally. Click
the Add Fonts From Typekit button.
Note
You may see the word “Character” instead of the Font menu listed in the
Control panel. Click the word “Character” to reveal the Character panel,
then click the Font menu.
A browser will open and should open the
typekit.com
website and log you in using
your Adobe ID. If you do not have an Internet connection, you can choose any oth-
er font in the font menu instead.
