Typography and Text Tools Flashcards
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Which tool lets you place text along the edge of a path or shape in Illustrator?
Answer: Type on a Path Tool
The Type on a Path Tool flows text along the contour of an open or closed path.
What does the Touch Type Tool allow you to do?
Answer: Edit individual characters' position, scale, and rotation
The Touch Type Tool manipulates single characters individually while keeping the text editable.
Which panel controls leading, kerning, and tracking?
Answer: Character panel
The Character panel holds character-level settings like leading, kerning, and tracking.
What is tracking in typography?
Answer: Uniform spacing across a range of characters
Tracking adjusts spacing uniformly across a selected range of characters.
Which command converts editable text into vector shapes?
Answer: Type > Create Outlines
Type > Create Outlines turns live text into editable vector paths.
What keyboard shortcut creates outlines from selected text on Windows?
Answer: Shift+Ctrl+O
Shift+Ctrl+O creates outlines from selected type on Windows.
Which type tool fills the interior of a closed shape with text?
Answer: Area Type Tool
The Area Type Tool flows text to fill the inside boundary of a shape.