From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Illustrator
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Choosing fonts - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Illustrator
Choosing fonts
- [Instructor] Let's open another file. Make sure that your poster file is saved. So a quick command S or control S to do that, and then follow that with command O, or control O. Okay, or go to the file menu and choose open. And in the exercise files, we'll have a file called logos.ai. If we choose that and open that up, this has the logos that are going to be included in the poster. Also, a small block of text at the bottom, which if we go ahead and select that and then double-click on it, we will actually switch to the type tool. We can then use the shortcut command A or control A to select all of the type. Now, we're going to need something that is dissimilar to the logos that we have here so there's no confusion. Also something that's suitable for its purpose, providing all of the necessary information such as the venue and dates and all of those things, and something that's appropriate for the audience. Now, in…
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Adding the print area3m 22s
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Creating a modular grid3m 47s
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Creating a color theme3m 43s
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Drawing the divider5m 2s
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Choosing fonts2m 47s
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Using area type4m 28s
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Create type hierarchies5m 5s
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Rotating and scaling area text3m 14s
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Challenge: Type1m 48s
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Adding images4m 38s
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Using Image Trace5m 21s
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Recoloring artwork1m 51s
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Changing the blending1m 58s
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Create a clip group2m 53s
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Placing an Illustrator file1m 51s
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Creating custom shapes7m 9s
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Challenge: Tweak the layout2m 6s
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