- [Narrator] Creating custom letter shapes
combined, in this case with colored circles.
I'll start with my type.
And right click
and chose create outlines.
Come to my layers panel, where we see I have added
the circles on a separate layer, which I'm now
going to hide.
I want to subtract the magenta rectangles
from the letter shapes.
In order for this to work,
I will first need to convert the letter shapes
into a compound path.
Object.
Compound path.
Make.
That's going to cause the fill to disappear.
We can reinstate that in just a moment.
I'll now select the magenta rectangles along with
the letter shapes.
Come to the pathfinder and chose minus front.
If you don't see pathfinder,
you'll find the panel under the window menu.
I'll now restore the color.
We'll come back and we can turn back on the circles.
You'll see that I have not removed the
horizontal crossbar on the A.
That's because we need to do that in a different way.
So that I don't disturb those circles,
I will lock that layer.
We can now zoom in.
For the A I will draw down a guide
that marks the baseline.
And, two more guides that mark the inside edges
of the stems.
Now with my pen tool,
I will delete those anchor points.
I'll come and chose the interior shape
and pull the anchor points down to those guides.
Now selecting just the A with my direct selection tool.
I'll swipe over it.
On the object menu, I will release the
compound path.
Which now allows me to subtract the top shape
from the shape beneath.
Back to my pathfinder and chose minus front.
Now I'll come and unlock the circles.
Select everything
And from the object menu, group everything together.