Click on VIEW (on the top menu) and select Fit All in Window! Ctrl + 0

With the Type Tool (T) selected

With the Type Tool (T) selected

With the Selection Tool selected

To do this:

Select the text (both the first and last name) or press Ctrl + A

Choose TYPE > CREATE OUTLINES or

Shortcut:

Let's look at your last name first...

• How many letters are in it?

• Is it an equal amount?

• The example (left) has 8 letters...but 6 letters have no letters above them so lets work with that!

Zoom in to it

Select the Select Tool and select the LAST NAME

We need to move the letters independently and since these are now grouped shapes, we must ungroup them

Since this last name has SIX (6) remaining letters with nothing above...

I am selecting the last 3 letters (L, E and Z)

Than I am moving them below the 3 letters before them (under N, Z and A)

With the letters still selected, I am pulling on the right center anchor (of L, E and Z)   to line up the letters to match N Z A

Select the N, Z and A with the select tool

Pull up on the top center anchor point to match the height of the first name...

Select the  G O with the select tool

Pull down on the bottom center anchor point to match the bottom height of L E Z...

Select the Select Tool and select the First name

We need to move the letter independently and since these are now grouped shapes, we must ungroup them

Again, we must decide what to move.

In this example, I am selecting the C H R I S and dragging it above T O P H E R.

Lining it up to the left with the T. 

(Note: I chose CHRIS because typically that is Christopher shortened)

With CHRIS still selected, I click and pull on the top right anchor to size.

Matching it to line up to the right with the A in NZA.

This time though, I pull up and right to make it more visually interesting (make it larger)

Still using the select tool, I select the T O P H 

Pull on the bottom center anchor to size.

Lining it up with the bottom G O and L E Z.

Select the Selection Tool

Drag across ALL of the letters.

Or press:

Click the GROUP button toward the bottom of the Properties panel on the right

To deselect the letters, click in a blank area.

Or press: