Distorting art type with the Width tool

- [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you…how to create the text effects…that we're seeing at the top and bottom of this document…using text expressed as an art brush.…And we'll also see…how you can distort that text using the Width tool.…Alright, so, I'll go and switch over to our problem so far,…and we don't need this text converted…to path outlines anymore,…because after all, we've now saved it to the Brush panel.…So I'll just click one, shift click the other…and press the Backspace key or the Delete key on the Mac.…Now we need to retrieve the path outlines,…to which we've assigned this text,…and that is anything but obvious in Illustrator.…

There is no option where you just select the text…and right click and then choose some sort…of release command.…So what we have to do instead is press the A key…to switch to the White Arrow tool,…and then click off that text,…press Control + Y or Command + Y on the Mac…to switch to the Outline Mode…and go ahead and alt- or option-click on the path outline…independently of the text,…