Lynda - Illustrator Insider Training: Type and Text with Mordy Golding
4h 55m Intermediate Uploaded in Sept 21, 2014 by 2boweb



In this installment of Illustrator Insider Training, author Mordy Golding shows how to create type that’s both beautiful and communicative, whether it’s destined for logos, brochures, signs, infographics, or simple documents. This course covers core typography concepts, such as working with Unicode and OpenType fonts, applying character and paragraph settings, managing text with styles and text threads, placing text along a path, and wrapping text around graphics.
Topics include:

    Understanding the three type objects in Illustrator
    Importing text from Microsoft Word
    Using the Glyphs panel
    Converting text into editable vector paths
    Kerning and scaling characters
    Setting indents and spacing
    Threading text across multiple objects
    Sharing styles across multiple documents
    Understanding style overrides
    Changing text with Find and Replace
    Wrapping text
    Setting type along a path
    Updating legacy text