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March 27, 2018
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Skewing Text?

  • March 27, 2018
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I'm trying to get the effect of text being on multiple sides of a cube. Is there a way to easily skew the text to have a "perspective" sort of look? I know there's perspective warp in photoshop, but I can't seem to find the equivalent of that in Illustrator.

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    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Ethan,

    I presume the cube is not in real perspective but rather in isometric or similar (with other angles).

    In that case, the perspective (grid) will give something that is (albeit maybe only slightly) off.

    An easy way of simply skewing is Object>Transform>Shear using the angle deviation from 90 degrees at the lower left corner (relative to the text), positive for skewing like italics (30 degrees for isometric).

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2018

    Ethan,

    I presume the cube is not in real perspective but rather in isometric or similar (with other angles).

    In that case, the perspective (grid) will give something that is (albeit maybe only slightly) off.

    An easy way of simply skewing is Object>Transform>Shear using the angle deviation from 90 degrees at the lower left corner (relative to the text), positive for skewing like italics (30 degrees for isometric).

    Monika Gause
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    Community Expert
    March 27, 2018

    Try perspective grid.

    ethandaleAuthor
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    March 28, 2018

    I know I can add a perspective grid, but I don't see how to get the text to go into a "box" look.

    Monika Gause
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    Community Expert
    March 28, 2018

    Drag your text objects onto the perspective grid.

    If that does not work for your, please show us what you want to do and what you already have.