How to create lined text in adobe illustrator.

Illustrator Tutorial – How to create lined text in adobe illustrator. I make it with simple text which can easily converted into two simple lines, not so curved or complicated text, which have more curves, edges etc.. You can apply single color or gradient.

Steps to Create Graphic

Lined Text

Step 01 – Create a text layer. Try to use simple text, not complicated.

Remove fill color of text and apply border.

Step 02 – Convert it into outline, “Type – Create Outline”

Step 03: Use “Pen tool” and remove lines of text, which convert alphabet into two parallel lines.\

Step 04 – Select all and Ungroup it, then right click and “Release Compound Path”.

Ungroup it.

Step 05 – Select any single alphabet’s both lines and apply “Object – Blend – Blend Options”. Use specified steps, and now apply “Make” from the same menu.

After applied “Make“, there is something this kind of object comes on your screen.

Select each letter separately and apply “Blend”

You can increase or decease lines in the shape, from “Object – Blend – Blend Options”.

Apply Object > Expend, it will convert this into lines.

Apply Object > Expend again, to convert lines into object. Now you can fill gradient also in this lined text.

It will display a separate gradient in each letter of lined text.

If you need single gradient in whole shape, then you need to convert it into “Compound Path” from “Object” menu. It will apply and display single gradient in the shape.