: How to fill a shape with symbols in Adobe Illustrator? I'm trying to fill an object with symbols, but can't get the right effect and spacing that I want with the Scatter Brush tool. Is there

@Berryessa866

The easiest way is to use a pattern, which you can then use as a normal fill. You can either go to Object → Pattern → Make or simply drag the shape or symbol to your swatches panel. Double click the swatch to bring up the pattern options with a nice preview, you can change the tile type, and dimensions to easily set up your spacing:



Another option which may or may not be any good to you; use a few transform effects.

Go to Effect → Distort & Transform → Transform to add your first transform. You can get some interesting effects (using the reflect options, for example), the import part though is to set a number of copies and some movement.

This will get you a single row or column:



You can then add a second transform effect to get your extra rows:

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@Ogunnowo857

I think the best way to achieve what you are trying to do is to create a pattern using whichever symbols you want to put inside the shape and then apply that pattern on the shape's fill. Doing so will let you have a better control on the spacing and distribution of the symbols.

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