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- The name of this chapter

is Logos and Specialty text,



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which if I were you, would

make me a little skeptical.



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The very idea that I'm gonna show you how



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to design a logo in a matter of just



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a few movies is an iffy

proposition at best.



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Logo design is a specialized discipline



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that I couldn't begin to

explain in a single chapter.



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Now if you're interested, I do have



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a dedicated course in this very library



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called Creating and Adapting a Logo,



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which explores the process in detail.



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But for now, we're gonna limit ourselves



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to a high level tour of the wealth



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of logo-making and display text features



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that Illustrator has to offer.



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Simply put, if you can do a thing



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to a path outline, you can do it to type.



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Let's start by imagining

that a single character



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of type is a path outline,

which of course it is,



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which means that you

can convert a character



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to a path and edit it.



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Not to mention that you can draw letters



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and other characters using,

well, any tool that you like.



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Which is to say that you

can bring Illustrator's vast



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array of capabilities to

bear on the slightest thing



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that looks like a means

of written communication.



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Along the way, we'll take a look



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at some of Illustrator's



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text-specific transformation capabilities,



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including the Touch Type Tool



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and the wide world of warp

and envelope distortions.



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Plus, I'll show you how

to assign multiple fill



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and stroke attributes to an

altogether editable text object.



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This final effect pretty

much tells the story.



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I mean, if by the end of the last movie,



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you know how to create this, who cares



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what the chapter is called?