Adobe® Illustrator® 10 Classroom in a Book®

Creating type outlines

You can modify the shapes of individual letters in a block of type by converting the block to type outlines or letterforms. When you create type outlines, each character becomes a separate object with compound paths outlining the character.

Now you'll convert the number 800 into outlines and change the shape of the letterforms to create a special effect.

1.	Choose View > Outline, and then choose Window > Navigator to display a thumbprint of the artboard in the Navigator palette. Click in the top right corner of the thumbprint image to move the red box over the number 800.
2.	Use the selection tool () to select the type