Align it in the center of the top border of the upper arrow. With the Rectangle Tool (M), create a 106 х 2mm rectangular.
You will need the Pen Tool (P) to add necessary points and the Direct Selection Tool (A) to move them. You will need to modify the lower arrow to add some volume to the element. Right-click on it and go to Arrange › Send to Back (or Ctrl+Shift+[) to move it to the background. Now you have a new element slightly shifted to the right and down. Right-click on the arrow, go to Transform › Move (or Shift+Ctrl+M) and set the following values: Position Horizontal – 2 mm and Position Vertical – 2 mm. Select it with the box above and in the Pathfinder tab (Window › Pathfinder or Shift+Ctrl+F9) pick Shape Modes: Unite. With the same tool, remove the bottom corners to get an upside-down triangle. Now select the lower rectangular and use the Pen Tool (P) to add a point in the middle of the lower part of the box. Set the guide vertically at 105 mm and align the boxes according to this guide line. To make sure that the guides are active, click View › Guides > Show Guides. Put a ruler guide in the layout center to align all the elements. Let the fill color remain R:244 G:206 B:47 (#f4ce2f) and create a 124х10 mm rectangular. In the pop-up window, set the dimensions to 110 х 16mm. Pick the Rectangle Tool (M) and right-click on the layout. Create a new layer called “elements” and move it under the text layer. Go to the Layers tab and lock the current layer. Once all that is entered, you have the following mockup: 3. Also, put Tracking=300 in the Character tab (Window › Type › Character or click Ctrl+T)
Feel free to choose another phrase that is close to your heart. I’m going to use the famous quote by Rebecca Reubens, “Design is to invent with intent”. Go to the Layers tab (Window › Layers or click F7), rename the current layer to “bg” (short for background), and lock it (Toggles Lock). With the Rectangle Tool (M), draw a rectangular of the document size and fill it with: Open Adobe Illustrator and create a new document (Ctrl+N) with the dimensions of 210 x 297mm. I am sure most of you out there have at least one favorite citation, so I thought it would be nice to create a typographic design based on one such popular, catchy phrase. Truth be told, I love inspirational and witty quotes, especially on design and creativity.
Today, I’m going to show you how to create an inspirational typographic poster using some of Illustrator’s basic tools and handy keyboard shortcuts.