Text Treatments - Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

Jacquelin Vanderwood November 15, 2003 1 We'll be using text that is converted to outlines in this demonstration.  I'm using Arial Black for this lesson. Type out the word Gold 2000 to start. 2 Make sure the Appearance palette is visible and that you have Characters highlighted.   3 Apply a Stroke of 4.5 pt to the text using rounded caps and joins.   4 Set the Foreground to transparent.   5 Duplicate the stroke layer in Appearance and change the stroke weight to 3 pt. Also change the color.   6 Do step 5 again and change the stroke weight to 1.5 pt and the color yellow.   7 Select the black layer.   8 With the black layer selected, open Transform Effect.  Make sure Preview is checked. Set Horizontal to 96%. Change the anchor point to the left. Press OK.   9 Select the blue layer in the Appearance palette. Apply the Transform Effect again with the setting of 101% Horizontal.   10 With the yellow layer selected, click on the right anchor point. Scale to 95% Horizontal   11 Your letters should look like the ones below.   12 With the Compound Path selected in the Appearance palette, select Warp Options and apply Arc set to Horizontal and 9%.   13 Apply a no blur Drop Shadow set to X = 0 and Y = 4 pt. Set it to Color with a medium gray.  Apply a custom gradient to the text by using the Gradient tool and holding the Shift key down and then applying the gradient. Now the text is complete.     Copyright 2003, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved