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December 31, 2020
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Gradient text on iPad in AI

  • December 31, 2020
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Help! 
Please help, I'm having trouble trying to add gradient color to text in Adobe Illustrator on iPad. I did it once, but can't seem to do it again. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Been trying to figure it out all day! I select the text, press color, then gradient doesn't show up like it does when nothing is selected.



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Correct answer Monika Gause

Has this been resolved? I am still having trouble applying gradient to my text...

 


Only thing you can do is make a clipping mask over a rectangle that has the gradient. Delete the fill color from the text before you do that to avoid ugly borders.

 

Or outline the text, but then it's no longer editable.

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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January 1, 2021

You have to outline the text first in Illustrator on the iPad.

dmlovecchio
dmlovecchio
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March 19, 2022

Unfortunately this does not work either, can we have someone look into this? I go to color and the gradient option is not available but if i make i shape it is. And yes, I have converted to outlines, and i ave tried multiple fonts. 

Michael J. Hoffman
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Michael J. HoffmanCommunity Expert
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March 19, 2022

There are a couple things you must do to create gradient text.

 

1. Create the text.

2. Outline the text.

3. Select the text group, open the color picker, and choose gradient (at the top next to solid color, see screen shot below). Then choose the gradient type (linear, radial, mesh).

4. Select the group to see all the gradient stop controls, or choose the individual letters from the layers panel to see one at a time.

5. Alternately: Ungroup the object. After ungrouping, select all the letters and make a single compound path to create one entity that is the entire word.This would allow you to have one gradient across the full word, rather than a separate gradient for each letter.

 

 

 

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