A regular client needed me to do some updates on a cover I'd created in Illustrator CS some time ago. Usually this is no problem, but this time he wanted me to underline bits and pieces of words throughout the text. Problem. Illustrator does not offer any faux text properties: no strikethrough, no underlines, no faux bold or faux italic.
In order to create the underline, I'd have to do it manually, measuring and lining up every little line, and then readjusting all the lines every time the text shifted for changes.
There had to be an easier way, so off I went to Google and sure enough, there were some work-arounds to the problem. But, none were so easy as this handy little free download that you simply add on through Character Styles. Once installed, all you need to do is highlight the text you want underlined, chose the new underline option and there it is!
You'll find the download link in the first comment on this blog.
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