HALFTONE

Watch it being adjusted

How it works

A lattice of dots, diamonds or lines is laid across the face at the chosen density and angle, and each shape is sized by the shade ramp. Uniform gives one shade everywhere; Linear, Circle, Inner, Feather and Mirror grade the dot size across the letters. Transparent punches holes instead of painting a second colour. Scope can target the fill, the strokes, or one part of a Split Face.

What you can adjust

Drag a slider to see what each control does to the type.

• Scopeframe 1 of 5
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  ScopeFill / Stroke / Fill and stroke / Part 1 / Part 2
  1 / 5
• Patternframe 1 of 4
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  PatternCircle / Diamond / Lines / Decay
  1 / 4
• Densityframe 1 of 5
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  Density2–30 pt, default 30
  1 / 5
• Angleframe 1 of 5
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  Angle−180 to 180°
  1 / 5
• Offsetframe 1 of 5
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  Offset−100 to 100 pt
  1 / 5
• Stretch shapes / Space shapesframe 1 of 5
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  Stretch shapes / Space shapes10–500%
  1 / 5
• Colourframe 1 of 5
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  ColourTC1 / TC2 / Black / White / spot; default White
  1 / 5
• Distributionframe 1 of 6
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  DistributionUniform / Linear / Circle / Inner / Feather / Mirror
  1 / 6
• Shadeframe 1 of 5
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  Shade1–100%, default 60, with end shade, amount, direction and range for the graded modes
  1 / 5
• Transparentframe 1 of 5
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  Transparentknockout instead of a second colour
  1 / 5

Still live text

Halftone Effects 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.