1 00:00:00.07 --> 00:00:01.09 - [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you how to 2 00:00:01.09 --> 00:00:04.05 apply special Fill and Stroke attributes 3 00:00:04.05 --> 00:00:08.01 from the Appearance panel to live editable text. 4 00:00:08.01 --> 00:00:09.08 Although it works really well 5 00:00:09.08 --> 00:00:11.03 as we're seeing here on screen, 6 00:00:11.03 --> 00:00:13.05 the approach is far from intuitive, 7 00:00:13.05 --> 00:00:15.06 even by Illustrator standards, 8 00:00:15.06 --> 00:00:17.05 so I'm going to start things off in the usual way 9 00:00:17.05 --> 00:00:18.09 by going up to the File menu 10 00:00:18.09 --> 00:00:20.06 and choosing New from Template, 11 00:00:20.06 --> 00:00:22.00 and then I'll go ahead and double-click 12 00:00:22.00 --> 00:00:24.07 on my RGB with center guides document 13 00:00:24.07 --> 00:00:27.03 in order to create this new file. 14 00:00:27.03 --> 00:00:28.09 Now I'll just go ahead and zoom out a little bit 15 00:00:28.09 --> 00:00:30.06 so that we can see the bleed, 16 00:00:30.06 --> 00:00:33.01 and I want to draw a rectangle as a backdrop 17 00:00:33.01 --> 00:00:35.03 that snaps to that bleed, and so I'll go up 18 00:00:35.03 --> 00:00:37.07 to the View menu and make sure that my 19 00:00:37.07 --> 00:00:39.03 Smart Guides are turned on. 20 00:00:39.03 --> 00:00:41.06 In my case they aren't, so I'll choose the command, 21 00:00:41.06 --> 00:00:43.00 or you can press Control + U, 22 00:00:43.00 --> 00:00:45.05 or Command + U on the Mac, 23 00:00:45.05 --> 00:00:47.07 and I will be taking advantage of that shortcut 24 00:00:47.07 --> 00:00:51.08 because Smart Guides have kind of a strange effect on type. 25 00:00:51.08 --> 00:00:53.06 Next, I'll select the Rectangle Tool 26 00:00:53.06 --> 00:00:55.08 which of course you can get by pressing the M key, 27 00:00:55.08 --> 00:00:58.09 and I'll drag from one corner of that red bleed boundary 28 00:00:58.09 --> 00:01:00.08 to the other, and now I'll go up to 29 00:01:00.08 --> 00:01:02.08 the control panel, click on the second swatch, 30 00:01:02.08 --> 00:01:06.02 and change it to None, and that gets rid of the Stroke. 31 00:01:06.02 --> 00:01:07.08 Then I'll click on this first swatch 32 00:01:07.08 --> 00:01:10.03 and change it to this dark shade of purple 33 00:01:10.03 --> 00:01:12.07 in order to adjust the Fill. 34 00:01:12.07 --> 00:01:14.04 Now, I'll press the V key to switch back 35 00:01:14.04 --> 00:01:16.04 to the black arrow tool, and I'll click off 36 00:01:16.04 --> 00:01:18.02 the rectangle to deselect it, 37 00:01:18.02 --> 00:01:20.03 and then I'll zoom back in. 38 00:01:20.03 --> 00:01:21.06 All right I don't need these guides 39 00:01:21.06 --> 00:01:23.09 so I'll just go ahead and turn off the guides layer 40 00:01:23.09 --> 00:01:25.08 here inside the Layers panel, 41 00:01:25.08 --> 00:01:28.02 and next I'll select my Type Tool 42 00:01:28.02 --> 00:01:30.09 which you can get by pressing the T key. 43 00:01:30.09 --> 00:01:33.07 Now I want to setup some formatting attributes in advance, 44 00:01:33.07 --> 00:01:35.05 so I'll click on the word Character 45 00:01:35.05 --> 00:01:37.01 up here in the control panel. 46 00:01:37.01 --> 00:01:38.08 I'll make sure that the default font, 47 00:01:38.08 --> 00:01:40.05 Myriad Pro, is selected, 48 00:01:40.05 --> 00:01:45.00 and then I'll set the type size to 336 points, 49 00:01:45.00 --> 00:01:46.05 and I'll press the Tab key to advance 50 00:01:46.05 --> 00:01:50.09 to the leading value, and I'll change it to 306 points. 51 00:01:50.09 --> 00:01:52.09 Next you want to change this kerning value 52 00:01:52.09 --> 00:01:55.03 right here from Auto to Optical, 53 00:01:55.03 --> 00:01:57.08 and then I'll click on the All Caps icon. 54 00:01:57.08 --> 00:01:59.03 All right now I want to center the text, 55 00:01:59.03 --> 00:02:00.05 and I'll do that by clicking 56 00:02:00.05 --> 00:02:03.07 on this Align Center icon up here in the control panel. 57 00:02:03.07 --> 00:02:07.00 I also want my text to appear white, 58 00:02:07.00 --> 00:02:10.03 so I'll change this Fill swatch to white, like so. 59 00:02:10.03 --> 00:02:12.03 Then, I'll just go ahead and click 60 00:02:12.03 --> 00:02:14.05 somewhere in my document window. 61 00:02:14.05 --> 00:02:15.09 Now if you're working along with me, 62 00:02:15.09 --> 00:02:18.01 you'll probably see some lorem ipsum 63 00:02:18.01 --> 00:02:21.04 placeholder type, very large on screen, 64 00:02:21.04 --> 00:02:23.08 which is a new feature inside the software, 65 00:02:23.08 --> 00:02:25.05 and the good thing about it, if nothing else, 66 00:02:25.05 --> 00:02:27.06 is that at least it lets you know 67 00:02:27.06 --> 00:02:30.09 that you have indeed created a new text object. 68 00:02:30.09 --> 00:02:32.05 Now I'll just go ahead and replace those letters 69 00:02:32.05 --> 00:02:34.04 by typing in from the keyboard, 70 00:02:34.04 --> 00:02:36.08 Deep Type, like so, with the two words 71 00:02:36.08 --> 00:02:39.01 separated by a carriage return, 72 00:02:39.01 --> 00:02:40.09 and then I'll press the Escape key 73 00:02:40.09 --> 00:02:42.08 in order to accept that change. 74 00:02:42.08 --> 00:02:45.09 Now, for some reason every formatting attribute 75 00:02:45.09 --> 00:02:49.01 except the color took, and so I'll just go ahead 76 00:02:49.01 --> 00:02:50.08 and click on that first color swatch 77 00:02:50.08 --> 00:02:52.06 up here in the control panel once again 78 00:02:52.06 --> 00:02:56.00 and change it for once and for all to white. 79 00:02:56.00 --> 00:02:58.04 Now let's say I want to apply a very thick 80 00:02:58.04 --> 00:02:59.08 Stroke to my text. 81 00:02:59.08 --> 00:03:01.08 I'll go ahead and change the Stroke color 82 00:03:01.08 --> 00:03:04.04 to black for starters, and then I'll select 83 00:03:04.04 --> 00:03:07.00 this line weight value, and I'll crank it up 84 00:03:07.00 --> 00:03:09.03 to let's say 50 points, 85 00:03:09.03 --> 00:03:12.02 and I end up turning my letters entirely black, 86 00:03:12.02 --> 00:03:14.08 and that's because the Stroke is in front of the Fill, 87 00:03:14.08 --> 00:03:18.03 and it's centered around the characters as well. 88 00:03:18.03 --> 00:03:19.04 Let's say I want to move the Stroke 89 00:03:19.04 --> 00:03:20.06 in back of the Fill. 90 00:03:20.06 --> 00:03:22.03 Then I'd bring up the Appearance panel, 91 00:03:22.03 --> 00:03:24.05 which you can get by choosing the Appearance command 92 00:03:24.05 --> 00:03:25.07 from the Fill menu. 93 00:03:25.07 --> 00:03:28.01 At which point I'm not even seeing 94 00:03:28.01 --> 00:03:30.06 the Fill and Stroke attributes. 95 00:03:30.06 --> 00:03:33.00 Now notice right here that we're seeing the word Type. 96 00:03:33.00 --> 00:03:36.00 That tells us that the Type object is selected. 97 00:03:36.00 --> 00:03:38.01 If we want to select the characters instead, 98 00:03:38.01 --> 00:03:39.08 then you just go ahead and double-click 99 00:03:39.08 --> 00:03:41.05 on the word Characters, and that will 100 00:03:41.05 --> 00:03:43.05 switch you back to the Type tool 101 00:03:43.05 --> 00:03:44.08 as we're seeing right here. 102 00:03:44.08 --> 00:03:47.08 It goes ahead and selects all of those characters, 103 00:03:47.08 --> 00:03:51.00 and it reveals the Fill and Stroke attributes. 104 00:03:51.00 --> 00:03:53.00 So you might imagine that moving the Stroke 105 00:03:53.00 --> 00:03:55.00 in back of the Fill is a simple matter 106 00:03:55.00 --> 00:03:57.07 of dragging it and dropping it below 107 00:03:57.07 --> 00:04:01.01 the Fill like so, but notice as soon as I drop, 108 00:04:01.01 --> 00:04:03.04 Illustrator just flat out ignores me, 109 00:04:03.04 --> 00:04:04.09 and it doesn't matter how many times 110 00:04:04.09 --> 00:04:06.07 you drag and drop that Stroke, 111 00:04:06.07 --> 00:04:09.09 or whether you drag the Fill above the Stroke instead, 112 00:04:09.09 --> 00:04:12.02 it's just not going to happen. 113 00:04:12.02 --> 00:04:15.00 What you need to do is apply the Fill and Stroke attributes 114 00:04:15.00 --> 00:04:18.00 to the entire text object, as opposed 115 00:04:18.00 --> 00:04:20.02 to the individual characters, 116 00:04:20.02 --> 00:04:21.09 and the best way to pull that off 117 00:04:21.09 --> 00:04:24.03 is to press the Escape key in order to 118 00:04:24.03 --> 00:04:26.01 switch back to the Type object. 119 00:04:26.01 --> 00:04:27.08 Notice now that we're no longer seeing 120 00:04:27.08 --> 00:04:29.03 the Fill and Stroke attributes 121 00:04:29.03 --> 00:04:31.02 here inside the Appearance panel. 122 00:04:31.02 --> 00:04:33.05 Then, for the most flexible results, 123 00:04:33.05 --> 00:04:36.03 get rid of the Fill and Stroke entirely 124 00:04:36.03 --> 00:04:38.02 by going up here to the control panel, 125 00:04:38.02 --> 00:04:39.02 clicking on the first swatch, 126 00:04:39.02 --> 00:04:41.01 changing it to None, and then clicking 127 00:04:41.01 --> 00:04:44.07 on the second swatch and setting it to None as well. 128 00:04:44.07 --> 00:04:48.00 At which point your text will be entirely invisible. 129 00:04:48.00 --> 00:04:49.03 That's not a problem. 130 00:04:49.03 --> 00:04:50.07 Now what you want to do is make sure 131 00:04:50.07 --> 00:04:54.00 that the Type is selected here inside the Appearance panel, 132 00:04:54.00 --> 00:04:56.07 and then let's add our Fill and Stroke attributes 133 00:04:56.07 --> 00:04:59.06 by clicking on either of these two icons 134 00:04:59.06 --> 00:05:02.06 down here in the bottom left corner of the panel. 135 00:05:02.06 --> 00:05:05.00 I'll just go ahead and click on Add New Fill, 136 00:05:05.00 --> 00:05:07.04 and I'll change it from this weak black 137 00:05:07.04 --> 00:05:09.02 that we're seeing currently on screen 138 00:05:09.02 --> 00:05:10.05 by clicking on the Fill swatch 139 00:05:10.05 --> 00:05:13.03 and changing it to white like so, 140 00:05:13.03 --> 00:05:16.03 and then I'll go ahead and change the Stroke 141 00:05:16.03 --> 00:05:18.05 once again to black, and I'll go ahead 142 00:05:18.05 --> 00:05:21.02 and crank it up to 50 points let's say, 143 00:05:21.02 --> 00:05:23.09 and press the Enter key, or the Return key on the Mac. 144 00:05:23.09 --> 00:05:26.04 At which point we get the same results we had before, 145 00:05:26.04 --> 00:05:28.08 but now you can grab that Stroke 146 00:05:28.08 --> 00:05:31.04 and drag it and drop it below the Fill 147 00:05:31.04 --> 00:05:33.05 and it actually works. 148 00:05:33.05 --> 00:05:34.07 All right now if you take a look 149 00:05:34.07 --> 00:05:36.06 at the final result right here, 150 00:05:36.06 --> 00:05:38.09 you'll notice that all the characters are rounded, 151 00:05:38.09 --> 00:05:40.07 and there it is, that's what happens 152 00:05:40.07 --> 00:05:42.05 when you have Smart Guides on 153 00:05:42.05 --> 00:05:45.08 when you hover your cursor over an editable text object. 154 00:05:45.08 --> 00:05:47.06 So notice when the cursor is away, 155 00:05:47.06 --> 00:05:49.07 we see the characters as they actually appear, 156 00:05:49.07 --> 00:05:52.02 but when you hover over, you see a preview 157 00:05:52.02 --> 00:05:56.00 of the base type objects in the color assigned to the layer. 158 00:05:56.00 --> 00:05:57.09 I don't really like that kind of flickering, 159 00:05:57.09 --> 00:06:00.00 especially in video, so I'll go ahead 160 00:06:00.00 --> 00:06:01.09 and turn off the Smart Guides by pressing 161 00:06:01.09 --> 00:06:05.00 Control + U or Command + U on the Mac, 162 00:06:05.00 --> 00:06:06.06 and now we can see more cleanly 163 00:06:06.06 --> 00:06:09.04 that we have rounded characters of type 164 00:06:09.04 --> 00:06:12.03 and that this black edge here is nudged down 165 00:06:12.03 --> 00:06:13.08 and to the right. 166 00:06:13.08 --> 00:06:15.07 To make that happen, I'll go ahead and switch back 167 00:06:15.07 --> 00:06:17.04 to my illustration in progress, 168 00:06:17.04 --> 00:06:19.04 and I'll click on the word Stroke right here, 169 00:06:19.04 --> 00:06:22.05 and I'll change my Corner setting to Round Join, 170 00:06:22.05 --> 00:06:25.04 which goes ahead and rounds off those characters. 171 00:06:25.04 --> 00:06:28.03 I really want to round off the white characters as well, 172 00:06:28.03 --> 00:06:30.04 so I'll make a new Stroke by dropping down 173 00:06:30.04 --> 00:06:32.03 to this Add New Stroke icon, 174 00:06:32.03 --> 00:06:33.08 and clicking on it, or you can just 175 00:06:33.08 --> 00:06:36.08 press that keyboard shortcut of Control + Alt + Slash 176 00:06:36.08 --> 00:06:39.00 or Command + Option + Slash on the Mac, 177 00:06:39.00 --> 00:06:41.02 and I'll go ahead and change this Stroke right here, 178 00:06:41.02 --> 00:06:43.07 the top one, to white this time around. 179 00:06:43.07 --> 00:06:46.04 Notice that it still has those round corners 180 00:06:46.04 --> 00:06:48.06 and I'll change that line weight value right there 181 00:06:48.06 --> 00:06:52.09 to 30 points and that delivers the round characters of type. 182 00:06:52.09 --> 00:06:56.06 So in other words, we're changing Myriad Pro Regular 183 00:06:56.06 --> 00:07:00.05 into a special extra bold rounded style. 184 00:07:00.05 --> 00:07:02.03 All right that ends up packing the characters 185 00:07:02.03 --> 00:07:04.02 together way too tightly, so I'll click on 186 00:07:04.02 --> 00:07:06.06 the word Character up here in the control panel, 187 00:07:06.06 --> 00:07:09.02 and I'll change this tracking value to 100 188 00:07:09.02 --> 00:07:12.00 and press the Enter key, or the Return key on the Mac. 189 00:07:12.00 --> 00:07:14.01 Now let's offset that black Stroke 190 00:07:14.01 --> 00:07:17.02 by selecting it here inside the Appearance panel, 191 00:07:17.02 --> 00:07:19.06 and then I'll click on the fx icon down here 192 00:07:19.06 --> 00:07:22.06 at the bottom of the panel, choose Distort & Transform, 193 00:07:22.06 --> 00:07:25.00 and choose the Transform command, 194 00:07:25.00 --> 00:07:26.07 and then so I can see what I'm doing, 195 00:07:26.07 --> 00:07:28.02 I'll turn on the Preview checkbox 196 00:07:28.02 --> 00:07:31.02 and I'll change both the Horizontal and Vertical 197 00:07:31.02 --> 00:07:34.01 Move values to five points as well, 198 00:07:34.01 --> 00:07:36.05 which is going to nudge that Stroke down 199 00:07:36.05 --> 00:07:37.08 and to the right. 200 00:07:37.08 --> 00:07:40.01 After which point I'll click OK. 201 00:07:40.01 --> 00:07:41.04 All right now I want to center my type 202 00:07:41.04 --> 00:07:43.03 inside the artboard, and so I'll click 203 00:07:43.03 --> 00:07:44.08 on the word Align up here, 204 00:07:44.08 --> 00:07:46.09 and then change the Align to setting to 205 00:07:46.09 --> 00:07:49.05 Align to Artboard, and then I'll click on 206 00:07:49.05 --> 00:07:51.01 each of the Center icons. 207 00:07:51.01 --> 00:07:54.08 Horizontal Align Center, and then Vertical Align Center. 208 00:07:54.08 --> 00:07:56.09 That scoots the type a little bit too high, 209 00:07:56.09 --> 00:07:58.04 so I'll press Shift + Down Arrow 210 00:07:58.04 --> 00:08:00.09 a couple of times to nudge those letters down, 211 00:08:00.09 --> 00:08:03.07 and now I'll twirl open this black Stroke right here 212 00:08:03.07 --> 00:08:05.08 so that you can see our Transform effect. 213 00:08:05.08 --> 00:08:07.04 I want to add a drop shadow as well, 214 00:08:07.04 --> 00:08:09.03 so I'll make sure that Stroke is selected, 215 00:08:09.03 --> 00:08:11.00 then I'll click on the fx icon, 216 00:08:11.00 --> 00:08:13.08 choose Stylize, and choose Drop Shadow. 217 00:08:13.08 --> 00:08:15.05 The default settings work just fine, 218 00:08:15.05 --> 00:08:17.04 and if you want to see how fine they work, 219 00:08:17.04 --> 00:08:19.05 then just go ahead and turn on the Preview checkbox 220 00:08:19.05 --> 00:08:22.03 and click OK, and then I'll deselect my type 221 00:08:22.03 --> 00:08:23.07 by pressing Control + Shift + A, 222 00:08:23.07 --> 00:08:26.05 or Command + Shift + A on the Mac. 223 00:08:26.05 --> 00:08:28.01 So the morale of the story is, 224 00:08:28.01 --> 00:08:30.01 the next time you want to apply specialty 225 00:08:30.01 --> 00:08:34.00 Fill and Stroke attributes to live editable type, 226 00:08:34.00 --> 00:08:35.09 do so not from the control panel 227 00:08:35.09 --> 00:08:39.05 but rather from the Appearance panel instead.