Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Type characters
By default, Type characters entered with the Type tool are styled with a Black
Fill and No Stroke. To edit a character's fill and stroke, drag across the text
with the Type tool or double-click “Characters” in the Appearance panel.
The Appearance panel showing the green fill applied to the type at the Character
level
You can't do the following to type
characters
(although in the section “
Type
objects
” following you
will
be able to do these things to a type
object
): move
the stroke under the fill or fill above the stroke; apply a live effect to the fill or
stroke; apply a gradient fill; add multiple fills or strokes.
The Appearance panel showing the pattern Mezzotint Irregular (from the Decora-
tive_Ornaments pattern library) with a Fill at the Type
object level
