Rotate Individual Characters

Sometimes text can get a little boring. Here's a way to rotate individual characters and make that text a little more fun!

STEP ONE

Using the Type tool, type out some text.

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STEP TWO

Now go to your Character palette. If it's not open, go to Window > Type > Character. Make sure all options are showing by clicking on the flyout menu and choosing "Show Options".

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STEP THREE

Using the Type tool again, highlight one of the letters you have typed.

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STEP FOUR

At the bottom of the Character palette, there is an option for Character Rotation. Type in a number of degrees. For example, I chose 20. You can enter positive and negative values.

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STEP FIVE

Do that for as many characters as you'd like. Here's my final result:

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Go have some fun rotating characters!

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