Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video 394 Assigning multiple strokes to gradient type in Illustrator, part of Deke's Techniques.
Hey, gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Now, I get a ton of email,…as you might expect, I guess.…Frequently, there are questions.…We try to answer them, of course.…But every so often there's an intriguing question…that reminds me that I have never covered that topic…anywhere inside the lynda.com online training library,…in which case I at least try to respond in movie form,…as I'm doing now.…So one such question, this guy is wondering,…how do you take plain old text in Adobe Illustrator ...…and this happens to be text that,…in American Typewriter, an old slab serif font,…and he wants to assign a gradient across all the letters…and surround the letters…with a bunch of uniform strokes, as well,…in order to create this effect here.…
It's all about working inside the Appearance Panel.…Here, let me show you…exactly how it works.…All right. Here's that final…multi-stroke gradient type effect…that we're going for.…And here's where we're gonna start.…Now, I should mention that this text is set…in a font called ITC American Typewriter,…
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1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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