How To Create An Overlapping Typography Effect in Illustrator CC

Learn how to create a simple overlapping typography text effect in Adobe Illustrator CC in this easy tutorial.

Always wondered how to create logos and text effects where the typography cuts into each other, without using the stroke? In this tutorial, we will look at a simple way to do this.

This tutorial uses a few simple techniques to achieve the overlapping effect, including:
- Create outlines
- Offset path
- Shape builder tool

Ideal for logos, branding, artwork, and cool typography posters, overlapping text is a great effect for many different ocassions.

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[designwithdale]

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Overlapping typography is a pretty cool effect for logos, artwork, and other graphic design. Let me know what other tutorials you'd like to see in the comments.

[wilfredguiriba]

Thank you for this one! Why did I find out about this fantastic tutorial just now!

[Themaniacis_back]

I doubt the creator or anyone will see this but THANK YOU for jumping right into it. Generally people that are watching these videos are frustrated while trying to figure something out. I don't need your 3-minute long intro, then watching your computer load for 2 minutes while you open Illustrator, and then listen to you ramble on for another 4 minutes about how you appreciate all your new subscribers. GET F****D!... So with that being said. I really do appreciate you jumping straight into the walkthrough. Very helpful.

[klobite]

thanks for sharing, this is exactly what i needed for a client request, you the goat!

[jimcigw]

THANK YOU!!! IT HELP'S ME SO MUCH I WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT.

[jvdvw]

Ahhhh this is so much easier to follow compared to the last tutorial I saw. Thank you.

[berahinomoha]

Simply but greatly done! Easy to understand! Thanks for sharing 👍

[shantanu]

Thank you for sharing this and keeping it so straight forward :)

[thePLRBaddie]

This is by far the best explanation!! Please keep making videos!!

[ChefFernando]

Thank you for sharing a wonderful tutorial. Love the fact that you go straight to the tutorial, leave out all the nonsense, show only one way and not different ways and your easy to understand even if my accent is latin, I subscribed!!!

[jayu_gosai_]

Thankyou broo your video is avery use full in my icon&logo design

[vimch]

thank you so much! You've made it very easy to follow aong :D

[parwinpa]

thank you so much, it was so easy to understand what you are doing

[mikaelatown]

This is a great video, thank you! just trying to work out why my offset path doesn't have any anchor points/outline on the actual offset section? instead it effectively looks like a stroke and I can't use the shape builder tool for anything other than the original text?

[edwinnkwain]

thanks so muchyour method is the best. ill like to see more videos on name logo tutorials thanks

[thatsit]

i love this tutorial. deserve a subscribe

[busyman]

i subscribed just because i learnt one thing which i was unaware... thanks

[penelleope]

Can someone help? Whenever I convert the letters the offset outline is super huge. So I have it at 1px, but when I try to delete the overlaps it'll delete like a layer of the letters, but underneath is still the same text unchanged. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[justinebangit]

For me you are better in explaining how to do it. ❤

[breadinmapurples]

when i right click i don't have a Create Outlines option why os that?