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*07Poster L4: Tracking, Leading and Text Area Scaling

1. Lesson Goals

SWBAT:

Change Tracking and Leading
Resize Text Areas

2. Again, Delete Illustrator Settings

1. Quit Illustrator by choosing Quit from the Illustrator Program Menu or by Right-Clicking on the Illustrator icon on your Dock.

2. Hold down 3 Keys with one hand:

Command, Option & Shift

3. Load Illustrator

3. Again, Reset Workspace

1. Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials

4. Select Text with the Type Tool

1. With the Zoom tool, click the selected text once more to zoom in to it.

2. With the Type tool insert the cursor in the text that begins “Cover your mouth...”

3. With the cursor in the text, triple-click to select the entire paragraph.

5. Change Tracking to -25

Tracking

1. Click the word “Character” in the Control panel to reveal the Character panel (or choose Window > Type > Character).

2. With the text selected, click the Tracking icon in the Character panel to select the Tracking field and type -25.

A positive Tracking value pushes the letters apart horizontally;a negative Tracking value pulls the letters closer together.

6. Change Horizontal Scale to 50% and Pt Size to 80

Horizontal Scale and Point Size

1. With the text still highlighted, click the Horizontal Scale icon, and type 50% in the Horizontal Scale field.

2. Change the Font Size by typing 80 and pressing Enter or Return to close the Character panel.

6. Type > Change Case > Upper Case

1. With the text still highlighted, choose Type > Change Case > UPPERCASE.

2. Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window and then Select > Deselect.

7. Scale the Text Area

1. Select the Selection tool ( ), and click the text “COVER YOUR” to select the text area. Drag the lower, right bounding point of the text frame to the right and down until you see the text “COVER YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE” on one line. See the figure for sizing help and how much text to reveal.

8. Change Second Line to 48 Pt

1. With the Type tool, highlight the second line of the first paragraph (“WHEN YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE”).

2. Change the Font Size in the Control panel to 48 pt.

3. Press the Return key

9. Change Leading to 50 Pt

1. Click three times in that same selected text “WHEN YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE” to select the entire paragraph.

2. Click the word “Character” in the Control panel, and change the Leading to 50 pt. Press Enter or Return to close the panel.

Leading is the vertical space between lines of text.

3. Choose Select > Deselect and then File > Save.

10. Add Text: "The Feel Better People"

1. Select the Zoom tool in the Tools panel, and drag a marquee around the bottom of the text at the bottom of the artboard.

2. Select the Type tool in the Tools panel, and click to place the cursor right after the period in the text “...may help you to get well sooner.”

3. Press Enter or Return twice to add two paragraph returns.

4 Type The Feel Better People. Don’t type the period. Leave the cursor after the last word (“People”).

11. Insert Copyright Symbol Glyph

1. Make sure your cursor is still inserted after the last word (“People”).

2. Choose Type > Glyphs to open the Glyphs panel.

The Glyphs panel is used to insert type characters, like trademark symbols (TM) or bullet points(•). It shows all the characters (glyphs) available for a given font.

Next, you will insert a copyright symbol.

3. In the Glyphs panel, scroll down until you see a copyright symbol (©). Double- click the symbol to insert it at the text insertion point. Close the Glyphs panel.

12. Apply Superscript Setting to Copyright Symbol

1. With the Type tool, drag to select the copyright symbol (©) you just inserted.

2. Click the word “Character” in the Control panel (or choose Window > Type > Character)

3. Click the Superscript button near the bottom of the panel.

13. Resize Top Threaded Text Area

1. Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window.

2. Select the Zoom tool in the Tools panel, and click twice, slowly, in the center of the top text area that is threaded.

3. Using the Selection tool, drag the bottom, middle handle of the bounding box up until the yellow text “Cover Your Mouth and Nose” disappears. The text area changes in size vertically.