Spiral Type is easy to make yet it is one of
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- Select the Spiral tool (
 ) by pressing L a few times until
you see its icon appear in the tools palette. Now click on the work
area to specify the drawing options. You can see the settings I
used below. A bigger decay value like the one I used (the default
is 80) makes your spiral more like encompassing circles.
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- Select the Path-Type tool (
 ) by pressing T a few times until
you see its icon appear in the tools palette. Now click on the spiral
to enter something long enough to make the spiral shape visible.
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- The result should be something like this. You can change the position
and orientation of the text by dragging the I-beam displayed at
the beginning of the type. To drag, use the Direct-Selection tool
(
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- If you want to add depth to your type, gradually increase or decrease
the font size. To make selections use the Path-Type tool, and either
use the Type menu or Character palette (Ctrl+T)
to change the font size of the selection. You can also change other
properties such as the spacing between letters (tracking).
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- This step is optional. To make our spiral more interesting, we
will add another small spiral in the center. To to that, select
the type by using the Selection Tool (
 ), and press Ctrl+C to copy it to
the clipboard. Then press Ctrl+B to paste the copy
to the back of the original. Now press S to select
the Scale tool ( ), and while holding the Shift key (to preserve aspect
ratio) scale down the copy. To make fine alignments use the Selection
Tool.
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How to Create Spiral Type in Illustrator