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TOOLS IN ILLUSTRATOR

Draw tools - pen 1 Click the Pen tool or press P

The Pen tool lets you manually draw freehand

lines, shapes, and straight or curved edges. You 2 Click anywhere on the artboard to set the anchor point.
can modify these paths and shapes with anchor Move the pointer and click again to draw a line or Shift -
points and handles.
Click to constrain the angle of the segment to a multiple of
45°.

3 Draw a curve:

Drag the Pen tool on the artboard and release it to
create direction handles of the anchor point.

Drag again to set the slope of the curve segment and
then release.

4 Complete the path by closing the path or leaving it open:
Close the path: Position the tool over the first (hollow)

anchor point and click.
Leave the path open: Position the tool away from the

object and press Cmd + Click (macOS) or Ctrl + Click
(Windows).