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Illustrator CS4 – how to create background shadows

Introduction: this tutorial is about generating a shadowy effects for your main logo or fonts. But, for now, we are going to use ‘CS4 fonts’, just to create a shadow effect.

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1.] Create a new document (Print Document) and give it a name. But, don’t forget to set your canvas to landscape.

2.] Create a text box and type in your name or your favorite character’s name.

3.] Change the Font size to “50 pts” and choose your own fontface.
But, in this tutorial, I would recommend you to use these fonts. They are suitable for this lesson.

a.] Myriad Pro
b.] Copperplate Gothic Bold
c.] Bank Gothic Medium BT

Tips: you can also right click on your fonts and change it.

Notes: to zoom in, you need to press: “Crtl +” and to zoom out, you need to press: “Crtl -”.

4.] Resize your text box and keep your Font size as “50 pts”.

5.] Use your “Selection Tool (V)” and select your font box. After that, you will need to press ‘Ctrl+C’ to copy your contents and ‘Ctrl+V’ to paste it on your canvas.

6.] Change the colour of the original – font and keep the copied version as black.

7.] Align the copied contents and send it to the back.

8.] Finally, you need to move your original font (coloured version) by 1 – 3 strokes.
You can shift it to the right or left.

9.] You’re Done!

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