Friday, February 8, 2013

Cartographic Skills Lab IV - Adobe Illustrator

Part 5: The Layers Palette
1.       When I first opened the map using ArcMap, I misread the directions and added all leftover essential elements to the map before exporting it. The text items that I inserted in ArcMap, such as; name, title, date and data source remained in the Scale Bar layer. Afterwards, after combining the groups, the name, date and data source were no longer visible, but the map title remained as was. I decided to leave the map title, the way it was imported from ArcMap, but re-created everything else according to the directions. If I did have to create the title on Adobe Illustrator, I would simply use the type tool, and expand it to desired proportions with the selection tool. To change the size and the font, I would double click on the type tool button and select from each of the drop-boxes. Everything else went smoothly and according to directions.

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