How to Create Stepped Letters Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Hello everyone!! Today we are going to show you “How to Create Stepped Letters Effect in Adobe Illustrator”. In this tutorial, we will show you a very simple step to apply a Stepped Letters Effect.

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Fonts used:

Arial Narrow Bold
Arial Black

Step 01

Open the Adobe Illustrator software.
Go to the “File” menu and click on the “New” option.
Select the size of the file according to your requirements.
Now go to the “Tools Bar” and take the “Rectangle Tool”.
Draw a rectangle on the artboard and fill it with black color.
Now again go to the “Tools Bar” and take the “Type Tool”.
Write the text on which you want to apply the effect.
Right-click on the text and click on the “Create Outlines” option.
Again right-click on the text and click on the “Ungroup” option.
Go to the “Tools Bar” and select the “Rectangle Tool”.
Draw a rectangle on the text and cover the whole text.

Step 02

Keep selected the rectangle, go to the “Object” menu then go to the “Path” option and click on the “Split into Grid”.
A “Split into Grid” window will be opened.
Select the “Rows” according to your point of view.
Now select the “Text and Rectangle”.
Go to the “Pathfinder” and click on the “Divide” button.
Now right click on the rectangle and click on the “Ungroup” option.
Remove all the unwanted materials.
Now your text is split into small portions.

Step 03

Select the “First Line” of all the text by holding the “Shift” key and press “Ctrl+G”.
Do the same for all lines.
Now hold the “Shift Key” and select the “1st and 3rd” lines.
Go to the “Effect” menu, open the “3D” option and click on the “Rotate”.
A “3D Rotate Options” window will be opened.
open the “Position” menu and select the “Isometric Top” option the click ok.
Now select the “2nd and 4th” lines of the text.
Go to the “Effect” menu and open the “3D Rotate Options” window.
Open the “Position” menu and select the “Isometric Left” option.
Open the “Surface” menu and select the “Diffuse Shading” option.
Arrange all the text and group all.
Now drag the text and place it in the center of the “Art Board”.
And the description or any text you want.
Here is your “Stepped Letters Design” is ready.

This is how the final result looks like