Stretching only part of the letter

Question

I have been trying to do this.

I have the word "Panther" and what I want is to stretch the letter "P" only to extend it and cover the other letter.

Here's what I am trying to accomplish. {I use paint so I just sketch it sorry}

I tried doing this but I am unsuccessful.

1. Create the text.
2. Convert the outline.

3.a I tried dragging the anchor point with the direct slection tool but I am not able to drag all anchor points along the curve of "P"

3.b I tried using the warp tool but it seems to skew the whole letter P.

Any hints? Just picked up illustrator and learning the ropes. Thanks.

Answer 1

You could try this.

Select your text and 'Create Outlines'. (MENU: Type>Create Outlines)

I select the text again and Ungroup everything. (MENU: Object>Ungroup)

Select the 'P' with the Selection Tool (V) and resize it appropriately while holding Shift to maintain proportions.

After I resize the 'P', I use 'Offset Path...' to remove the extra letter width. (MENU: Object>Path>Offset Path...)

Next, you can use the Selection Tool (V) to select & remove the larger left-over 'P' surrounding your new path.

At this point, I position the 'anther' under the 'P'.

Add extra anchor points to the horizontal section of the 'P' using the Add Anchor Point Tool (+).

Lastly, use the Direct Selection Tool (A) to select only the anchor points in the bowl of the 'P', including the anchor points we just added. Click/Hold on a selected point and drag the selected section to the right while holding Shift.

Once you're at this point, you can use some of those same steps and the Pen Tool (P) to do some other nifty things.

I'm not an Illustrator wizard but this is hopefully a viable solution to your question.

Goodluck

Answer 2

Here are the step which you can try and see the output :

1: Write the text you need to edit. 2: Select the text > go to object > expand > press ok. 3: Right click on the whole text and select ungroup. 4: now u can select the letter "P" individually and expand it.

Hope this helps