Changing the color and appearance of type


    As with other objects in Illustrator, you can change the color and appearance of type by applying fills, strokes, transparency settings, effects, and graphic styles. The text remains editable as long as you don't rasterize it.

    Examples of some ways you can change the color and appearance of type
    Examples of some ways you can change the color and appearance of type

To change the appearance of type:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • To change the appearance of characters in a type object, select the characters. (See Selecting characters.)
    • To change the appearance of all characters in a type object, or to apply multiple fills and strokes, select the type object. (See Selecting type objects.)
    • To fill or stroke a type path, select the type path. (See Selecting type paths.)
  2. Apply fills, strokes, transparency settings, effects, and graphic styles as desired.
  3. Note: When you change the color of a type object, Illustrator overwrites the attributes of individual characters in the type object.