How to apply different colours to each letter in a word in Adobe Illustrator



How to apply different colours to each letter in a word in Adobe Illustrator


Question

I am looking for a method to fill multiple colours to different letters in a word without removing the outline / expanding the type?

2014/04/11
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4/11/2014 2:12:00 PM

Edit: I might have misunderstood you: to apply different colours separately, I am not sure if there are any other way than selecting each and applying colour individually.

Select your text box, set both outline and fill to blank:

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in the appearance panel, select add fill

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Find a gradient you want to use, or create your own, and select that:

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Oh, I forgot. Then select the gradient tool, and use that to "pull" the gradient to apply across the letters:

2014/04/11
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4/11/2014 12:26:00 PM