Learn everything about Adobe Illustrator's Character panel in this comprehensive 27-minute tutorial. Explore font management, text styling, and advanced typography features. Master essential tools like the Glyphs, OpenType, and Character Styles panels to enhance your design skills. Discover techniques for adjusting font properties, kerning, tracking, and creating custom character styles. Dive into OpenType features, ligatures, and alternative glyphs to add sophistication to your text. Gain practical knowledge on snapping options, alignment tools, and panel customization to streamline your workflow and create professional-looking designs in Illustrator.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
How to Open the Character Panel
Fonts
Search and Filter Fonts
Font Style
Font Height Reference
Font Size
Leading
Kerning
Tracking
Vertical & Horizontal Scale
Baseline Shift
Character Rotation
All Caps & Small Caps
Superscript & Subscript
Underline & Strikethrough
Language & Anti-aliasing
Glyphs
Glyphs Panel
Open Type Panel
Standard Ligatures
Contextual Alternates
Discretionary Ligatures
Swashes
Stylistic Alternates
Titling Alternates
Ordinals
Fractions
Style Sets
Figure
Position
Snap to Glyphs
Snap to Glyphs Baseline
Snap to Glyphs x-Height
Snap to Glyph Bounds
Snap to Glyphs Proximity Guides
Snap to Glyphs Angular Guides
Snap to Glyphs Anchor Point
Touch Type Tool Button
Standard Vertical Roman Alignment
Fractional Widths
No-Break
Reset Panel
Edit Default Character Panel Settings
Character Styles
Outro
Taught by
Envato Tuts+
