Adobe Illustrator CS6 Tutorial

This tutorial details tips for the Area Type Tool. You must click the path's edge to type inside. Duplicate the path first if you wish to retain its original attributes, as it converts to a type object.

This tutorial details modifying Type on a Path. Copy the path to keep attributes like stroke and avoid using 'Enter'. Use the selection tool's path brackets to position or flip the text. You can also apply effects and alignment via the Type on a Path Options.

Learn to effortlessly import text into Adobe Illustrator CS6 from various sources, including Notepad and Microsoft Word documents. This tutorial demonstrates importing .txt, .rtf, and .doc/.docx files, highlighting the process and import options. The video explains how tabs and spaces are handled during import.

The tutorial covers efficient Type Selection Techniques and basic modification. You'll learn how the Selection and Direct Selection Tools handle text and paths, plus quick selection methods like double-clicking a word or triple-clicking a paragraph. It also demonstrates changing fonts and copying external text into Illustrator.

This tutorial demonstrates how to handle overflow text in Illustrator by using threading to link text across multiple boxes. You can automatically create a new box by double-clicking the red outport or manually draw and link an existing path for the remaining content.

This tutorial explains using the Character Panel to control typography. It defines and demonstrates Leading, the vertical distance between baselines; Kerning, the space between two individual characters; and Tracking, the collective space across multiple characters.

This tutorial covers advanced options in the Character Panel, demonstrating Vertical and Horizontal Scaling to adjust character size, and Character Rotation for individual letters. It also shows formatting controls like All Caps, Superscript, Underline, and different Anti-aliasing settings for sharper text edges.

This tutorial explains how to manage text flow using the Paragraph Panel. It covers setting the alignment (left, centre, right, and justified) and demonstrates how to control indenting from the left and right margins, including the first line indent. Finally, it shows how to adjust the spacing before or after paragraphs and disable word hyphenation.

This tutorial introduces Type Styles (Character and Paragraph) as reusable sets of format settings. You learn how to create and edit a new style, covering basic formats like font and size, and advanced options such as character rotation and colour, allowing quick application to different text.

This tutorial focuses on using Smart Punctuation to enhance type quality, automatically replacing straight quotes with professional curved quotes, and hyphens with proper en or em dashes. It also briefly covers controlling word hyphenation through settings like minimum word length and the limit for consecutive hyphens.