Chapter 7. Working with type

Working with type

Text as a design element plays a major role in your illustrations. Like other objects, type can be painted, scaled, rotated, and so on. In this lesson discover how to create basic text and interesting text effects in Illustrator CS3.

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In this lesson on type, you’ll learn how to do the following:

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Import text.

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Create columns of type.

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Change text attributes.

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Use and Save Styles.

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Sample type.

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Wrap type around a graphic.

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Reshape text with a warp.

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