The Non-Designer’s Illustrator Book

Index

A

active attribute, 17, 148

Add Anchor Point tool, 57

Adobe Community Help, 13

align objects, Align panel, 184–185

All Caps, 129

alternate characters, 132

anchor points

what are they? 28–29, 54

add more points to a path, 57

black points, white points, 29

convert a point to another type, 55, 58–59

corner points, 28, 54–55

cusp points, 55–56

convert another point to a cusp point, 55, 59

reshape a cusp point, 56

delete points from a path, 57

drag direction handles out of, 55

modify shapes using anchor points, 43

reposition as you draw, 60

smooth points, 28, 55

Appearance panel

add an effect, 187

add a stroke brush effect, 80

add a stroke on top of another, 187

change fill and stroke attributes, 186

edit graphic styles, 209

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