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How Offset Paths Work

Miter Limit:
“The miter limit controls when the program switches from a mitered (pointed) join to a beveled (squared-off) join. The default miter limit is 10, which means that when the length of the point reaches ten times the stroke weight, the program switches from a miter join to a bevel join. A miter limit of 1 results in a bevel join.”


SOURCE:
https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/comparing-the-two-methods-for-creating-line-icons-offset-paths-vs-strokes--cms-25134

Convert text to Outlines

select text > click type > create outlines

Adding Crop Marks to an image

-select object, effect, crop marks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aVPqLdcWVE

effect > crop marks

shows where you we will make that crop mark

Illustrator - Essential Hotkeys

Essential Hotkeys

P - Pen
Ctrl+S - Save document
A - Direct Selection Tool
V - Selection Tool
M - Rectangle Tool
B - Brush
R - Rotate Tool
Shift-E - Eraser
Shift+C - anchor tool
spacebar - hand tool
F5 - Brushes Panel
ctrl+z - undo
shift+ctrl+z - redo
shift+r - ruler
ctrl+7 - clipping mask
ctrl+alt+7 - find mask
ctrl+shift+b - show/hide bounding box
ctrl+7 - clipping mask
ctrl+g - group objects in layer

ctrl+j - join paths

using knife tool
alt+click+drag -straight cut

placing layer
ctrl+[ - move backward
ctrl+] - move forward

CTRL - shows bounding box and live corner controls


Essential Hotkeys for graph data:

A - Entry text box Enter the data
B - Import data. Import data saved as a text file
C - Transpose row/column
Switch the columns and rows of data
D - Switch x/y
Switch the x and u axes of graphs
E - Cell style
Adjust the column width or decimal precision of cells



Modified Shortcut:
9-slice make -