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This course is the first in a four-part series by industry-pro Deke McClelland on creating elegant, optimized graphics with the tools in Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Deke's special, branded techniques.

This installment covers subjects such as working with shapes and closed paths, including painting, grouping, and coloring, and placing and adjusting type. Deke shows you how to select fonts, create hanging indents, and tweak the kerning and leading of your text. Additional chapters cover drawing and editing paths (and their points) and moving and transforming objects in your artwork.
Topics include:

    Rotating and duplicating objects
    Grouping and stacking
    Erasing and painting selected paths
    Using the Shape Builder tool
    Reflecting across an angled axis
    Simulating beveled edges
    Creating a network of interlocking paths
    Placing and flowing text
    Creating page margins
    Adjusting type size
    Creating and applying paragraph styles
    Using the Glyphs panel
    Inserting and removing anchor points