- [Instructor] Depending on the letters
that you're working with, you might want to consider
defining them by their counter shapes alone.
Start with your type selection,
convert the type to outlines.
Come to the object menu, compound path, release.
This makes the counters selectable.
I'll switch to my direct selection tool.
Click away from the selection to de-select everything,
and then holding down the shift key, select those counters.
Let's apply a color to them.
Now I am going to cut them.
I'll select all of the type that remains, delete that.
And then back to the edit menu
where I will choose paste in front.