Adobe® Illustrator® 10 Classroom in a Book®

Adding type to a document

Adobe Illustrator lets you add type to a document several different ways. You can type directly in the artwork, copy and paste type from other documents, and import entire text files.

To begin adding type to your artwork, you'll type the Tai Chi title on the poster.

1.	Select the type tool () in the toolbox. Position the pointer so that the I-beam cross hair is in the top left corner of the artwork, musing the guides that already exist in the document. Position type tool at intersection of guides. The small horizontal line ...