Copying and scaling shapes
A final step for creating logos is to scale the artwork to a 1-inch square and make sure that the resized logo still presents a clear image. You'll use the bounding box feature in Illustrator to make a scaled copy of the logo.
1. | Double-click the zoom tool (  ) in the toolbox to zoom out to 100%. |
2. | Choose View > Show Grid to redisplay the grid. |
3. | Choose View > Show Bounding Box to display the bounding boxes of selected objects. |
4. | Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS X), and select the Scale Strokes & Effects option. Leave the other settings as they are, ... |
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