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Warping Text using Illustrator CS3

By Nick Hodge | October 8, 2007

Strangely, the most hit page during the most recent week has been my "how-to" warp text with Adobe Illustrator 10.

Adobe, in Illustrator 11, 12 and 13 (aka CS, CS2 and CS3) have dramatically simplified the process of warping text:

Firstly, you have some text in a Text Frame:

IllustratorCS3-warp-1

Whilst the frame is selected, there is a new button on the Toolbar:

IllustratorCS3-warp-2

If you select "with warp", a new dialog box appears:

IllustratorCS3-warp-3

By clicking the "Preview" button, off you go!

Topics: adobe, illustrator, technology | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Warping Text using Illustrator CS3”

  1. Warping Text using Illustrator 10’s Warping Tools | www.nickhodge.com Says:
    October 8th, 2007 at 6:57 pm

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  4. Zach Says:
    August 29th, 2009 at 7:52 am

    Nice, but not quite as easy to use as AI9 was with Kai's Power Tools where individual letters could be easily massaged against an outline of a background element. This thing is cumbersome, requires too much guesswork, and doesn't have anywhere near enough options. And...why are the letterforms all of a sudden no longer paths? It's nice that the finished product can still be edited, but it makes things very difficult for warping text into complex shapes when distortion is not a desired effect.

    Sigh. Maybe next time Adobe.

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