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On the left, the bottom two Live Corner widgets moved to round the bottom of the
rectangle; on the right, the top two widgets moved to
round the top of the rectangle
4 Changing individual corner radius values in the transform panel. Gordon needed
another rectangle to provide a color-filled background behind “TOLL.” With
the rectangle still selected, he copied and pasted the copy in front (it was
above the original rectangle but below the border path and type) and filled it
with blue. Next, in the Transform panel, he unlinked the Link Corner Radius
default setting by clicking its icon. Then he reset the corner radius of both
bottom corners to 0, which squared the bottom of the rectangle while leaving
the top rounded. Selecting the bottom bounding box handle, he shortened
the rectangle to surround “TOLL” by dragging the handle upward.
To finalize his map symbols he added drop shadows (see the Reshaping
Dimensions chapter for more on Live Effects), and then made each map
symbol into an Illustrator symbol for easy reuse (see the Expressive Strokes
chapter for details on creating and using symbols).
The Rectangle Properties section of the Transform panel showing the unlinked
Link Corner Radius Values icon and the values used for the bottom corners of the
rectangle
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