If you’re passionate about letters, why not learn to design your own in Adobe Illustrator alongside designer Andrés Ochoa? Get professional results after just five courses! Learn to use the software’s basics from scratch and take a more in-depth look at the use of letters to take your typography, calligraphy and lettering pieces to a new level. First thing’s first, familiarize yourself with how the software is structured and its interface. Learn to navigate the workspace and explore the primary tools, including guides, layers, workspaces, and selectors, before working on a simple exercise: creating your first document and saving it in different formats. Next, Andrés teaches you to create basic figures along with a trick for rounding out corners. Learn to transform objects and even create them with the Pencil and Brush tools. Use the Type tool to edit text and, finally, start to add color to your creations. Discover how to get the most out of your typography using Opentype and Glyphs. See how to use different fonts as well as transform a text into an object to modify the characteristics of the letters.
