- [Instructor] It's often surprising just how much
of a letter form we can remove
and have the type still be legible.
I'll begin by converting my type to outlines
and then I will switch my fill and my stroke
by pressing shift X.
Now, I'm going to zoom in on my A,
press C to access my scissors tool,
and cut the path in a couple of places.
Now, pick up the open anchor point
and extend the path to the edge.
And in the case of the second cut that I made,
I just want to extend this path
so that it meets the other one.
So we are creating defined segments for the letter.
In the case of the E, with my scissors tool,
I'll cut the path in two places.
You may find that you select the wrong anchor point,
in which case just undo and then
come back and re select.
I'm working with my smart guides on
so I'm getting valuable feedback from my smart guides.
And in the case of the R
just one cut is necessary.
In the case of the O a different approach is required.
I'll just toggle to my direct selection tool
select the path so that I can see where the anchor point is.
And then with my line tool I will just
draw a line segment through the letter.
So now I'm ready to apply color to the different segments.
I'm going to start by selecting the artwork
and making sure that no fill is applied.
I could, if I wanted to delete the invisible segments,
use the shape builder but I'm going to use
instead the live paint bucket.
That's going to keep those segments around,
we just wont see them.
And choosing my color I can now come and
apply color to the specific segments.