Adding Type to a Poster - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 450

2 . The Touch Type tool ( ) allows you to visually edit certain character formatting
options for individual characters in text. You can edit the character rotation, kern-
ing, baseline shift, and horizontal and vertical scale of text.
3 . Overflow text is text that does not fit within an area type object or path. A red plus
sign ( ) in an out port indicates that the object contains additional text.
4 . Text threading allows you to flow text from one object to another by linking type
objects. Linked type objects can be of any shape; however, the text must be
entered in an area or along a path (not at a point).
5 . A character style can be applied to selected text only. A paragraph style is applied
to an entire paragraph. Paragraph styles are best for indents, margins, and line spa-
cing.
6 . Converting text to outlines eliminates the need to send the fonts along with the Il-
lustrator file when sharing with others.