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Chapter 8. Working with Typography > Working with Text Objects
Working with Text Objects
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| Illustrator can also create another other kind of type—path type, which is explained later in this chapter. |
For now, it’s sufficient for you to learn about the two kinds of type objects that Illustrator can create: point text and area text. Naturally, each has its own benefits. Point text gets its name from the fact that it is anchored, so to speak, by a single point you create when you first click with the Type tool. Point text is fine if you want to enter just a few words or so. The problems are that the type doesn’t wrap automatically and that many typographic controls are not available to you. Area text is contained by a text frame or shape and behaves more like the text you create in a page layout program like InDesign. This is the kind of text object you’ll want to use for longer chunks of type.
