- Path Terminology
- Pen Tool Cursors
- Drawing with the Pen Tool
- Pen Tool Tips
- Summary
Pen Tool Cursors
When working in any Adobe application, you need to pay attention to the cursor as you work with tools. The Pen tool cursor in Illustrator tells you a story (a really short story). So it's important to watch what Illustrator's Pen tool cursor is telling you in certain situations. Figure 3 shows each of the cursors that appear as you work with the Pen tool. Note that if the Caps Lock key is pressed, the cursor changes to a "Precise" cursor (which looks like an X at first).
Figure 3 Pen tool cursors in Illustrator.