Perspective Warps and Distorts with Adobe Tools: Volume 2: Putting a New Twist on Illustrator

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J. HarderPerspective Warps and Distorts with Adobe Tools: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8829-0_10

10. Working with Type Paths

Jennifer Harder¹  

(1)

Delta, BC, Canada

 

Chapter Goal: Work with type on paths and see how you can distort the lettering and the text path going around a vector logo.

In this chapter, we will first review some of the basic text tools—Type, Area Type, Type on a Path, and Touch Type—and see how we can use them and their options to warp either the letter character, the area the text is within, or the path itself. Though not necessary for this book, to compare these to similar settings in Photoshop, you can refer to Perspective ...