Lesson 88

Create infographics with basic shapes

In this lesson you’ll learn a couple of approaches you can use to create infographics with simple shapes and icons. Both make use of Illustrator’s built in grid.

New commands

  • View > Show / Hide Grid

  • View > Snap to Grid

New shortcuts

  • Alt/Opt + Shift + Drag: drag a copy, keeping it aligned

  • Command/Ctrl + D: Repeat last transformation