Using the Width Tool in Illustrator to create letters

In this tutorial I show you how to use the width tool in Adobe Illustrator. The width tool is great for making swashes, swirls and or curly lines. Here I will demonstrate how it can be used to make script lettering. Topics include: - Setting your source imagery - Drawing the spine of your letter - Using the width tool to adjust the thickness of the line - Editing the width of the line - Adding a ball terminal to a letter - Converting your artwork to “basic artwork“ suitable to use in a font creation progr