Illustrator on the iPad: Typography and Type Effects

Illustrator on the iPad has arrived. Discover what this easy-to-use—and surprisingly powerful—app has to offer when it comes to type and type effects.

Introduction

• Unleash the power of Illustrator on your iPad
• Using Adobe Fonts on the iPad
• Some notes on the course

1. Simple Type Effects

• Basic type options
• Modifying letter shapes
• Giving type personality
• Rotate type
• Vertical type
• Cracked type
• Using variable type
• Shaped text
• Fully justified type
• Hand drawn with the Blob Brush
• Handdrawn type from a pencil sketch
• Go bigger

2. Combining and Dividing Shapes

• Create a monogram using Shape Builder
• Create a 3D shadow effect with Minus Front
• Create a type treatment using divide all
• Custom drop cap
• Minimalist type
• Design negative space using divide all
• Exclude overlap
• Blending Shapes

3. Pattern

• Grid repeat
• Radial repeat
• Radial repeat and clipping masks
• Create a clockface with radial repeat
• Mirror repeat
• Create a typographic Art Brush

4. Clipping Masks and Compound Paths

• Picture in type
• Picture in type variant
• Clipping mask entwine
• Compound path entwined
• Clipping mask opposites
• Clipping mask positive and negative space
• Clipping mask cropped type
• Slicing type

5. Color and Transparency

• Type and gradient
• Gradients and transparency
• Using blend modes
• More blend modes
• Blend modes and texture
• Color SVG fonts

6. Type on a Path

• Type along a path
• Type around a circle, part 1
• Type around a circle, part 2
• Exploring type on a path
• Skew

7. Shadows and Outlines

• Drop shadow
• Shadow only
• Multiple strokes
• Offset path
• Shaded shadow
• Dimensional shadow
• Chromatic type

Conclusion

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