- Types of Type
- Working with Threaded Text
- Wrapping Area Type Around Objects
- Formatting Text
- Converting Type to Outlines
- Using the Eyedropper with Type
- Using the Appearance Panel with Type
- The Glyphs Panel
- Working with Legacy Text
- Advanced Features of Multiple Artboards
- New Type Features in Illustrator CC
- Graphic Novel Cover Design
- Create an Identity
The Glyphs Panel
Illustrator’s Glyphs panel (Window> Type> Glyphs) provides quick access to a wide variety of special characters (like * or ), including any ligatures, ornaments, swashes, and fractions included with a given font. Use the list box to narrow your search of a font for the type of letterform you’re seeking. With the Type tool, click to place the insertion point, then double-click the character you want in the Glyphs panel to insert it in the text.

Figure 11 The warning message that appears when you open an older Illustrator file containing text

Figure 12 You can use the Show pop-up menu to restrict the visible character set in the Glyphs panel