#Typestyler in adobe illustrator how to#
#Typestyler in adobe illustrator plus#

Click the arrow to the left of the Font Size to make the size 11 pt. Now to make the text a little bit smaller, in the Properties panel to the right of the document, you should see the Font Size option.

Drag that corner to make sure you see all of the text.

#Typestyler in adobe illustrator plus#

If you drag the corner making the type area too small, a red plus will appear in the lower right corner telling you that the text no longer fits. Notice that the text wraps within as you drag. To resize the type area to fit better in the design, click and drag a corner of the type area. Now to move the text into position in the design, select the Selection tool in the Tools panel on the left, drag from within the text to below this heading. Quick, simple and elegant designs all made in house by our top designers.' If you have text you created in another program, you can copy and paste that text in Illustrator or you can choose File, Place to place Word documents, RTF files, Text files and a lot more. With the placeholder text still selected, type in some text, I'll type in, 'Let us market your business. It's also how you create paragraphs of text in Illustrator. This type of text is called Area type and it's similar to how you create text in Adobe InDesign. Placeholder text should appear in the type object and also be selected. Click and drag to create an area for your text. To add a paragraph of text to this document, select the Type tool in the Tools panel on the left, then move the pointer into a blank area on the artboard on the right. If you'd like to follow along, open your own Illustrator document or this practice file from the files for this tutorial. In this video, you'll learn about adding paragraphs of text with the Type tool and applying a few basic formatting options.

#Typestyler in adobe illustrator how to#

Now that you know how to add text and make some simple formatting edits, try adding text to one of your own Illustrator projects, maybe for a web design, an icon or a logo. You can press Escape to hide the colors and then click away from the text to deselect it. Make sure the Swatches option is selected so you can see some default colors that come with your document, and then select this light green color and you should be able to see the text now.

In the Properties panel, click the Fill color. Now since the text is black and the background is dark, you'll change the fill color of the text to make it more readable. So, move your pointer over the text and drag it down into the lower right corner of the artboard on the left. Now, you'll drag it where it needs to be. To make the text a little bit smaller, in the Properties panel to the right of the document, you should see the Font Size option. Select the Selection tool and the text object should still be selected. To see both of the artboards again, choose View, Fit All in Window. If you were to keep typing right now, the text would continue in a single line unless you press Return or Enter to create a new paragraph. Insert the cursor after the word 'designs' and type 'made simple'. Now, to continue typing text, double click the word 'designs' to switch to the Type tool. To undo the text sizing you just did, choose Edit, Undo Scale. This can be really useful when you're trying to stretch your text in different ways, maybe to achieve a certain look for a logo or for a heading for a poster for instance. Notice that you're stretching both the text and the box. Come to a corner of the box around the text and drag. Now so that you can move the text object and resize it and do different things to it, select the Selection tool in the Tools panel on the left. To zoom into the text so it's easier to see, choose View, Zoom In, and do that a couple of times so it appears a little larger. With the text still selected, type 'designs'. The text you see is placeholder text, and something you can replace. This type of text is called point type and is perfect for creating a headline on a poster or a line of text for a logo for instance. After you click, a small line of text should appear. In a blank area in the artboard on the right, simply click to add some text. To start with, select the Type tool in the Tools panel on the left. If you open this file, to make sure you can see all of the artwork in the document, choose View, Fit All in Window. To follow along, you can open your own Illustrator document or this file from the practice files for this tutorial. To get started with type, you'll add a single line of text with the Type tool and apply a few basic formatting options to it. Adobe Illustrator makes it easy to add text to your different projects and gives you some really powerful formatting options as well.