COMMENT ‘LEARN’ TO GET MY FREE ILLUSTRATOR TIPS AND TRICKS VIDEO COURSE 🙌🏻 Creating 3D text that falls off the edge of your layout can add a bold, dynamic feel to your design but getting it right takes more than just a quick trick. The Blend Tool can get you part of the way there, but it often comes with a mess of extra layers and limited flexibility. You could try drawing the depth manually with the Pen Tool, but that usually leads to uneven results and a lot of trial and error. It’s not the most efficient or polished approach, especially if you’re aiming for something clean and consistent. Instead, use the Appearance Panel. It lets you stack strokes, apply effects, and offset elements in a way that’s flexible and fully editable. A much faster, cleaner way to create custom 3D effects directly on your text all without expanding or losing control of your type. That said, I’m sure there’s an even better way to do this that someone out there knows about if you’ve got a smarter metho...