Graphics Programs Reference
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To change a letter, click on it with the Touch Type tool. When you select a
letter, Illustrator displays a selection box with five control points around
the character. You'll use these points to edit each letter.
Gordon began by clicking the letter B with the Touch Type tool. He clicked
the upper-right control point and dragged it to uniformly enlarge the
character. To rotate the character, he clicked and dragged the control point
above the character and dragged it to the left.
Left, uniformly resizing a character using the upper-right control; right, using the
top-center control point to rotate the character
You can use the other control points to scale or reposition a character.
Clicking and dragging the upper-left point resizes the character vertically
while the lower-right point resizes it horizontally.
Left, resizing a character vertically using the upper-left control; right, using the
lower-right control point to resize a character horizon-
tally
If you click the solid circle control point in the lower-left or inside the
selection box, you can drag the character in any direction. If you drag to the
left, the letter moves closer to the letter on its left. But if you drag to the right,
the letter doesn't move closer to its neighbor on the right; instead, it
increases the space from its neighbor on the left. You can also change letter
spacing by clicking the Type tool and adjusting the kerning or tracking.
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