To make the effect a bit more appealing, drag the Fill type right above the 'Opacity' type in the Appearance window. In the Gaussian Blur window, set the Radius to 8 px and click OK. From the dropdown menu go to Blur > Gaussian Blur. With the Stroke type selected, click on the 'FX' icon. Set the Stroke to 6pt and any color you want. Step 9Īgain, click on the 'Add New Stroke' icon. In the Transform window, apply the following values and click OK. From the dropdown menu go to Distort & Transform > Transform. Set the Stroke to 2pt and any color you want. In the Appearance window, click on the 'Add New Stroke' icon. With the text selected, go to Window > Appearance. In the Toolbar, set the text fill to 'None' by clicking on the 'none' icon in the bottom right corner.

In this case, i will be using 'Benton Sans' at 400 pt. Select the Type Tool (T) and type your text using any font you want. Make a rectangle of the same size of your artboard (1920 x 1080 in this case) and set the color to #540b3a. In this case, i will make mine at 1920 x 1080 px in RGB Color Mode with a 72 dpi resolution. Open Illustrator and make a new file at any size you want.

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