Tis the season to be jolly, so why not spread some of that joy and cheer around? This tutorial will teach you a few techniques for altering fonts and manipulating their alternatives in Adobe Illustrator to create a unique, holiday inspired typography piece. 1. Set Up Your Document Step 1 Let’s begin by installing the necessary fonts needed for this tutorial. We’ll be using several high quality fonts from the Lost Type co-op . Specifically: Lavanderia Ribbon Klinic Slab Step 2 With our fonts installed, fire up Illustrator and create a new document that is 850 x 850px . Step 3 Enable the Rectangle Tool (M) and create a square that is the same size as our background. Now fill is with the following color and drop the Opacity to 10% . Step 4 Switch to the Star Tool and click on the Artboard and enter the following values. Fill the star shape with white and center it to the Artboard. Step 5 Draw another square over the top of our star shape the same size as our Artboard once again. Now select both the Star and the top Square then right-click on the Artboard and select Make Clipping Mask . 2. Create Your First Line of Text Step 1 For this piece we…
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How to Create a Holiday Themed Typography Piece in Adobe Illustrator