- [Instructor] Here's how to map type to a 3D object
in this case, a cube
because I'm working with a square surface
I'm using a very extended or wide font.
And I also think it's going to work best.
If I'm working with a very bold font
it's necessary that the type be converted to a symbol
while it's possible to make live type into a symbol
we will get a better result when scaling the artwork
to the 3D object
if we, first of all, come and create outlines.
Now I'll open the symbols panel and I'll drag my letter
onto the symbols panel to make it into a symbol.
I'll choose my square.
Then come to the Effect Menu, 3D, extrude and bevel.
The width and height of the square is 100 millimeters.
And that's relevant because I want to make the
extrude depth the exact same to give me a perfect cube.
I'm running out of space here on my screen.
So I'm just going to click okay to that.
And then we'll move this over to the left.
I'll come to the appearance panel
and click on 3D, extrude and bevel.
And we can revisit the settings that I just input.
I'm going to choose for the surface to not have any shading.
Then I'll come to map art.
My cube has six surfaces,
and I can apply a different symbol
to each of those surfaces.
I'm going to choose to scale to fit.
And this is why I chose a wide font
so that it's starting out squarish to begin with.
My second surface as indicated by the red line.
And the fact that the preview here is a darker gray
is one that's not currently visible
but I'm still going to add the symbol to it.
Just in case I decide to change the rotation
of the 3D object.
I can also rotate the symbol on the surface.
Yeah, I'll click okay.
If I want to experiment with different positions
I can move the proxy around,
but I'm actually going to go
with off access front.
Back now to my art board,
I'll come and apply white as the color to the cubes
so that all we are seeing are the letter shapes themselves
For the next step,
I'm going to need to expand the artwork
which means that I lose the ability to go back
and change the extrude and bevel options.
But what I gain is the ability to come
and change the colors.
But more importantly,
I can edit the anchor points.