Cube colourAuto (the face fill), TC1 / TC2 / Black / White, or a document spot
Knockout letteron/off, default on: the letter is a hole through the block; off, the letter sits on it
Width / Heighton/off each: blocks take every letter's own width or height, or share one size
Ratio−100 to 100, with presets from 3/1 to 1/3: the proportions of each block
RandomOff, Bottoms, Tops or Both: uneven block edges, like a city skyline
DirectionSide or Stack: blocks in a row, or piled one on another
Box spacing−500 to 2000 em‰: the gap between blocks, or an overlap
Reshufflea new seed, another skyline of the same settings
Still live text
Cubes is applied as an Illustrator live effect, so the text stays editable. Change the word, the font, or any slider afterwards, and save the result as a Graphic Style to reuse it.