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Text Effects In Illustrator

Text Effects In Illustrator

Introduction to Text Effects in Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is an executive sketching and design software that is vector-based. Considered to be the part of a larger plan workflow, Illustrator permits creating everything from mono design pieces to complete structures. Designers utilize Illustrator to produce symbols, posters, patterns, icons, logos, etc. It is the software utilized by both graphic designers and artists to produce vector-based pictures. These pictures will then be utilized for the organization logos, personal work or promotional uses, both in digital and print form.

Illustrator comes with a range of tools to work with. The text tool is one of them, and we can apply numerous effects to the text by using some of the effects provided by the illustrator.

How to Create Text Effects in Illustrator?

You can apply some good effects to your text. With Illustrator, you can apply effects such as 3D, warp, convert to shape, distort & transform, stylize, etc., as shown below.

Different Effects

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3D Text Effects

The following tutorials will explain the various attributes for creating a 3D text.

1. Extrude & Bevel

Step 1: Select the Text Tool (type tool) from the left-hand side toolbar.

Text Effects In Illustrator Tool Box

Step 2: Type the text that you want. Here we select Educba as our text. Select the font size to be 40pt and font type as “myriad pro.”

Text Effects In Illustrator Mariol page

Step 3: Select the text with the Selection tool and then select the effect from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Text Effects In Illustrator Effect Selection

Step 4: Click on 3D and select Extrude & Bevel effect.

Text Effects In Illustrator (Extrude & Bevel effect)

Step 5: You will get a dialog box once you click on extrude & bevel. In the dialog box, choose the position as Off-Axis Front, Extrude Depth as 50 pt.

dailog box

Step 6: You will see the Final text with the effect as follows.

final text effect

You can try other positions with a different axis, different depths, and angles.

2. Pucker & Bloat Effect

Repeat steps 1 to 3 from the previous effect (3D).

Step 4: Click on distort & transform and select pucker & bloat.

Text Effects In Illustrator (Pucker & Bloat Effect)

Step 5: Upon clicking pucker & bloat, you will get a dialog box. Select the value as 15% and click on OK.

value 15%
Step 6: The final text will look like this:

final text

You can change the value more towards pucker or more towards bloat, depending on how you want to style the text.

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Pucker(15%)

Text Effects In Illustrator (change the style)

Final Result of Pucker 

Pucker result

3. Roughen Effect

With this effect, you can give a rough look to your text. Select Roughen under distorting & transform, and you will get a dialog box. Depending on your choice, you can select the smooth points or the corner points to work with. You can increase or decrease the size too.

Roughen Effect

Final Result of Roughen

Result of Roughen

Roughen(Smooth Points)

Smooth point

Final Result

Roughen Final

4. Tweak Effect

Select Tweak under distorts & transform, and you will get a dialog box. You can adjust the values as per your need in order to tweak the text.

Text Effects In Illustrator (Tweak Effect)

Select Twist under distorts & transform, and you will get a dialog box. Adjust the angle as per your wish as to how much you want to angle the text.

Twist Effect Dialog Box

Twist Effect

Final Result of Twist Effect

Final Twist Effect

5. Zig-Zag Effect

Select Zig-Zag under distort & transform and you will get a dialog box. In the dialog box, make sure the size is small and check relative since a bigger size and absolute would make the word unrecognizable. You can choose to style the smoother points or the corner points as per your needs. In this way, you can give a zig-zag effect to your text.

Zig-Zag Effect (Smooth Points)

Zig Zag Effect

Zig-Zag Effect (Corner Points)

Zig-Zag Effect (Corner Points)

6. Stylize

Select stylize from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

  • Drop Shadow Effect

Select drop shadow under stylize, and you will get a dialog box. In the dialog box, select the values as shown in the below image.

Text Effects In Illustrator (Drop Shadow)

You can alter the values as per your needs.

  • Feather Effect

Select feather under stylize, and you will get a dialog box. You can adjust the radius in the dialog box.

Text Effects In Illustrator (Feather Effect)

  • Inner Glow Effect

Select inner glow under stylize, and you will get a dialog box. You can apply this effect either to the center of the text or the edges. You can increase or decrease the values of opacity and blur as per your requirement.

Inner Glow

  • Inner Glow Effect( Edge)

Inner Glow Effect (Edge)

  • Outer Glow Effect

Select inner glow under stylize, and you will get a dialog box. Adjust the values as per your wish.

Outer glow

  • Round Corner Effect

Select inner glow under stylize, and you will get a dialog box. With this tool, you can give a nice round shape to the corners of your text.

Round Corner Effect

  • Scribble Effect

Select scribble under stylize, and you will get a dialog box. You can give a scribbling kind of feel to the text with this effect.

Scribble Effect

7. Warp

Select warp from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

  • Arc Effect

Select arc under the warp, and you will get a dialog box. You can give an arc shape to your text with this effect.

ARC Effect

  • Arc Lower Effect

Select arc lower under the warp, and you will get a dialog box. You can give an arc shape to the lower part of your text with this effect.

Lower Arc Effect

  • Arc Upper Effect

Select arc upper under the warp, and you will get a dialog box. You can give an arc shape to the upper part of your text with this effect.

Arc upper Effect

  • Bulge Effect

Select arc upper under the warp, and you will get a dialog box. A bulging effect can be given to the text.

upper under warp

Some other effects in the warp are a flag, fish, inflate, fisheye, rise, squeeze, twist, wave, etc.

  • Warp (Flag Effect)

Warp Flag image

  • Warp (Fish Effect)

Warp Fish effect

  • Warp (Inflate Effect)

Text Effects In Illustrator (Warp inflate effect)

  • Warp (Rise Effect)

Warp Rise Effect

  • Warp (Squeeze Effect)

WarpSqueeze

  • Warp (FishEye)

Text Effects In Illustrator ( Fish eye effect)

  • Warp (Twist Effect)

Twist Effect 1

  • Warp (Wave Effect)

 Conclusion

In this way, numerous types of effects can be applied to the text you are working on. Typography is not just a vital feature of design but also a form of art in itself. Selecting the correct font, ideal spacing, and the accurate form of the text can be considered as an essential aspect that can decide the success and the failure of a project.

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