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Incrementally adjusting type size - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Incrementally adjusting type size
I've saved my progress as Trajan type.ai found inside the 08_type folder and in this exercise, I'm going to introduce you to a grab bag of shortcuts that allow you to incrementally change attributes, such as type size and leading and kerning and tracking. Because after all you rarely know what size and leading and kerning and tracking values you want to use. So I'm going to start by selecting my headline, and I'm going to move it into more or less a right position. So I'm going to drag it by its point; that gives you the most alignment control. I'm going to drag that anchor point at the outset of my point text, so that it snaps into alignment with the top left corner of that margin guide. Then I'm going to double-click on my Black Arrow tool to bring up the Move dialog box and these values are totally wrong. So I'm going to zero them out for a moment. Zero for Horizontal, zero for Vertical. Then I'll Shift+Tab back to the Vertical option and I'm going to change this value to 49 point,…
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Next-generation text1m 19s
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Making a margin guide5m 7s
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Offsetting flush-left text4m 47s
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Moving and duplicating guides6m 23s
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Placing and threading text6m 18s
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Selecting words and lines of text6m 35s
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Working with point text7m 10s
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Tips for previewing and assigning fonts4m 7s
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Incrementally adjusting type size5m 49s
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Leading a paragraph indent5m 6s
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Pair kerning and tracking7m 2s
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Laying down base formatting attributes4m 59s
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Hanging indent and paragraph spacing3m 52s
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Creating a paragraph style5m 8s
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Redefining paragraph styles6m 42s
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Using the Glyphs panel6m 41s
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Spell-checking text4m 24s
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The stuff Check Spelling doesn't catch3m 24s
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Copying and applying a graphic style4m 42s
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Selecting through text objects6m 59s
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Offset Path and Scribble effects5m 45s
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Updating a graphic style5m 43s
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Creating type on a path7m 26s
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Attaching type to a closed path6m 5s
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Adjusting baseline shift4m 18s
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Tracking and kerning border elements8m 21s
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Filling and duplicating a border3m 28s
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