Illustrator 12 Tutorial - Type Tools

What is the primary focus of this video tutorial?

• Creating brochures and magazines

• Using various type tools in Adobe Illustrator

• Downloading and installing fonts

• Navigating the Adobe Illustrator interface

What is the keyboard shortcut to activate the Type Tool in Adobe Illustrator?

• Ctrl + T

• Shift + T

• T

• Alt + T

How can you change the font of selected text in Adobe Illustrator?

• By clicking the font dropdown in the top control panel

• By typing the font name into the character title area

• By using the Character panel

• All of the above

What does a small red box in the bottom right corner of a text box in Adobe Illustrator signify?

• The text box is locked and cannot be edited

• There is more text than can be displayed in the current box

• The text has a spelling error

• The text box is linked to another artboard

What is a primary application for type boxes in design software?

• Applying complex brush stroke effects to text.

• Managing and formatting large volumes of paragraph text.

• Converting text into uneditable vector shapes.

• Making individual character adjustments like rotation and scaling.

What is the consequence of converting text into outlines?

• The text becomes a raster image and loses its vector properties.

• The text can still be edited as live text, but with more advanced formatting options.

• The text is transformed into editable vector shapes, but can no longer be modified as text.

• The text automatically applies gradients and brush strokes upon conversion.

Which tool allows for individual character manipulation (rotation, scaling, positioning) while keeping the text editable?

• The Type on a Path tool.

• The Area Type tool.

• The Touch Type tool.

• The Vertical Type tool.

How can text be placed to fill the interior of a custom vector shape?

• By using the Type on a Path tool on the shape's stroke.

• By converting the text to outlines and manually fitting it.

• By selecting the Area Type tool and clicking on the vector shape's stroke.

• By using the Vertical Type tool within the shape.