Adding Point & Area Type

1. What is the difference from “Point Type” and “Area Type”? Give example of when each should be used. point type is type that keeps going on and on until you stop it, area type is a certain area that allows type.
2. How is an “Area Type” created? click and drag the type tool into a certain box, and that will allow you to use area type.
3. How is an “Point Type” created? click the type tool wherever you want your type to appear
4. Upload a .JPG file of two variations of type that are demonstrated in the tutorial.
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Placing Type from Other Documents

1. What are some of the file formats that can be imported directly into Illustrator? Give 3 types of files. .txt, .rtf, .doc/.docx
2. Upload a .JPG file of a Text Document imported into Illustrator. A sample file can be found in the supplied files.
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Using the Glyphs Panel

1. What is the Glyphs Panel? its a panel with all sorts of type characters that you normally wouldnt be able to find using a keyboard.
2. Upload a .JPG file demonstrating some Glyphs.
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Setting Tabs

1. What is the tabs panel used for? its used for making indents and leaders and all the fun stuff that you usually do with words documents.
2. What is a leader used for in the tabs? it shows a line of dots leading up to a certain area of type.
3. Upload a .JPG file showing all the top time aligned to the far right with a leader of under scores.
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Creating Paragraph & Character Styles

1. Why should styles be used in Illustrator? you should, it makes changes easier. just change the style, and they will update. themselves.
2. What is the difference between character and paragraph styles? character style are just for certain characters, paragraph styles apply to the whole paragraph
3. How are overrides removed? hold alt/option and click the style.
4. Why would a designer want to use paragraph or character styles? What are the benefits? it makes layouts alot faster and easier.
5. Upload a .JPG file showing both a paragraph style and a character style.
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Converting Text to Outlines

1. Why would someone want to outline fonts or embed images? How would this help a printing company? if you outline the font, a person who does not have the font can look at the type without any problems.
2. How is a font outlined? click type, create outlines, or shift+command+O
3. Upload a .JPG file of all the fonts outlines and one of the letters reflected or manipulated in some way.
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Putting an Image inside of Text

1. What is a compound path? a group of objects and/or text that are combined together to make one path.
2. How can an image inside of text be created? What parts must it contain to accomplish this? first you have to outline it and make it a compound path, then it must be above the image you want to clip, select both and choose make clipping mask.
3. Upload a .JPG file of the finished image.
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