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Top, “Boquete” typed in the default font; bottom, after changing font and color for
each letter character
2 Distorting letters with the Touch Type tool.
To give the letters a playful, disor-
derly look, Gordon chose to distort each character's size, dimensions, angle,
and letter spacing. He also wanted to keep the type editable so he could
change fonts depending on how the design developed. Illustrator CC's Touch
Type tool, hidden under the Type tool icon in the Tools panel, lets you graph-
ically manipulate letters while preserving their editability as type. If the Char-
acter panel is open, you can also click the Touch Type tool button to enable
the tool. As you move the cursor toward the type object you want to edit, no-
tice the Touch Type cursor icon: It appears as a
T
surrounded by a box with
corner points.
The Touch Type tool cursor (shown enlarged) on the left; on the right, a selected
letter character
