In article <1iimc0o.19ps782bt2otsN%woodenblock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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woodenblock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(beppe) wrote:
> AES <siegman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > >> beppe wrote:
> > > >>> Is there a way to create highlighted text in illustrator?
> > > >>> Actually I have a word and I would like to have half of it
> > > >>> highlighted,
> > > >>> as if someone had used a stabilo boss on it.
> >
> > Is it adequate to just select the desired text with the Text tool, and
> > change its color (and maybe its font style)?
>
> Unfortunately not. The font is and has to be copperplate and the final
> effect has to be "highlighted text".
>
> Probably the only alternative I can think of is to create a font style
> out of copperplate (in my case) but "inverted". But I don't even know
> where to start and if it is worth it tmewise.
If you're looking for some magic solution where you can just select and
have thing "highlighted" automagically... No. You're looking at altering
the typeface itself, and that's not at all easy. Even then, you'd wind
up with something like the inverted text you see on a terminal rather
than the effect you're after (if I'm reading you correctly).
You're going to have to do some work to get the effect you want. It's
not that hard. Here's one basic method.
Layout the text, with the desired "unselected" color, then outline it.
Direct select the letters you want "highlighted" then- well change fill.
You can use gradient fill (individually or as a group) or whatever other
method floats your boat or makes your art director happy. If you need
the "paper" to be colored, either draw a box and fill likewise with the
proper "ink on paper" color- which looks like the above mentioned
inverted text, or you can draw it with the brush tool (hint: expand and
then use the pathfinder 'Add' to keep it a single neat object), or just
mung a plain rectangle up with some filters first and then do the fill.
You can get fancy with scanned "swipes" and the autotrace function,
tweaking and trimming size to fit. Popping a layer "under" the text
layer for that makes it easier.
- Doug
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