From the course: Illustrator on the iPad: Typography and Type Effects

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Clipping mask opposites

Clipping mask opposites

From the course: Illustrator on the iPad: Typography and Type Effects

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Clipping mask opposites

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- [Instructor] Here I'm going to use a clipping mask to illustrate opposites. First of all, I would like my type to be on a background of red. So I'll come and choose my rectangle tool and then draw myself a rectangle over the art board, and then fill that with red. Using my common tasks bar, I'll adjust the stacking order. I'll then lock that field of color. I'll come and choose my type. And the type face that I'm using is Den 1451. I would like to adjust the letter spacing and I'm going to make it really tight. I have it center aligned. So when I adjust the letter spacing, the letters are moving into the center and I actually want them to touch. Now I am going to come to my selection tool and duplicate that word. I'll double click to select the word, turn on my caps lock and type my other word, which is evil. And then we'll come and make its fill color white. Now with this second piece of type selected, I'm…

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