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5 Color & Texture. To bring back a bit of color that was lost by applying texture, open Effects panel, from Add effects and presents drop-down menu, choose Adjust Color|Hue/Saturation.
6 Choose Edit|Clone. You don't need effects you added to text for top text object. To remove existing effects from cloned text, click on Hue/Saturation Effect in Effects panel and then click on trash can icon to delete it.
7 Fill Fill. In Fill panel, change Texture Amount to 0%
8 Place & Nudge. The amount you nudge top text object will depend on size of text.
9 Stroke Stroke. In Stroke panel, from Stroke Category, choose Charcoal and Soft for Stroke name. The Tip size is 1.
10 Affect Effects. From Effects panel choose Adjust Color/Brightness And Contrast and enter a value of 20 in Contrast area. Click on OK.
11 Select both text objects. Choose Select|Select All (Ctrl/Cmd+A).
12 Modify: Choose Modify|Group.
13 The final touch. Add a shadow from Effects panel. Shadow And Glow|Drop Shadow. Change settings of distance, softness and opacity depending on thefont used.
There you have it! A well-crafted rusted font!
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