Graphics Programs Reference
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Designing Type & Layout
Designing Type & Layout
INTRODUCTION
This chapter focuses on tips and tricks related to working with the type tools,
as well as design and layout. While Chapter 1 covers the basics of working
with multiple artboards, you'll find some of the more advanced issues of
working with multiple artboards later on in this introduction, and in lessons
in this chapter.
The seven Type panels
For creating and manipulating type, Illustrator offers no fewer than seven panels, all
accessible from the Window> Type sub-menu. In addition to the usual Paragraph, Character,
and Styles panels, you'll find panels for Open Type, Tabs, and Glyphs.
TYPES OF TYPE
There are three kinds of type objects in Illustrator: Point type , Area type , and
Path type . The Type tool lets you click to create a Point type object, click-drag
to create a box for an Area type object, or click on a path to create Path type.
(See the CC section later in this chapter for how you can convert Point type to
and from Area type.) Click within any existing type object to enter or edit
text. To exit type editing mode, press the Esc key; to be poised to start
creating or editing another type object, hold down the /Ctrl key
(temporarily turning your cursor into a Selection tool) and click outside the
text block, or reselect the Text tool. Some features for manipulating type
include the following:
Point type never wraps to a new line. To add another line of text without also
adding a new paragraph (so your paragraph style applies to all the lines),
press the Shift-Return/Enter key. Use Return/Enter to add another line as a
new paragraph (so you can change paragraph styles).
To scale Point type, use the Selection tool to select the type and drag on one
of the handles of the bounding box. Both the type and the bounding box scale
together. Use modifier keys as you would with any object to constrain
proportions or scale from the center.
Area type automatically wraps to the next line. Use the Return/Enter key to
start a new paragraph within an Area type object.
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