30 Text Effect Tutorials for Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator provides designers with an excellent opportunity for creating amazing effects with text. This post features 30 of the best tutorials on the subject. While there are more tutorials available for working with text in Photoshop, I think you’ll see from this selection that there is plenty to be learned for text effects in Illustrator.

From this selection of tutorials you’ll learn a wide variety of different techniques and you’ll be able to create text effects of all different styles. Regardless of what style of text effect you need, you’re almost guaranteed to find something that can help within this selection of tutorials.

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Create an Awesome Chrome Typography Piece in Adobe Illustrator

 

How to Create a 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Create 3D Letters Without the Use of 3D Tools is Adobe Illustrator

 

Creating Simple Origami Style Typography in Illustrator

 

Create a Chalkboard Type Treatment

Create a Mummy Text Effect

Create a Polished Raised Type Treatment

Turn Any Font Into a Sketch Font

How to Create a Neon Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Blueprint-Style Text in Adobe Illustrator

Bling Bling Text Effect

Creating an Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment

Ornate Lettering Process

Create a Swirly Type Treatment

How to Create a Trendy Retro Type Treatment

Gradient Strokes

 

How to Create Colorful Neon Text with Adobe Illustrator

Adding Gradients to Text

Let’s Make a Playful Yet Robust 3D Letter Design

Create a Cool Water Effect

Quickly Add Grunge to Text

Old School Type – Line Gradients

Type on a Path Options

Stitched Text Effect

Create a Christmas, Knitted Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Creating a Bazinga! Text Treatment in Adobe Illustrator

Create a Paint Roller Illustration with a Grungy, Paint Text Effect

How to Create an Old Font Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create an Explosion Text Effect in Illustrator

How to Create a Comic Style Text Effect in Illustrator

For more tutorials, please see:

• Essential Photoshop Text Tutorials
• Photo Editing Tutorials
• Excellent Photoshop Tutorials for Textures and Backgrounds
• Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting and Abstract Effects