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Besides creating the halftone effect yourself, Illustrator also offers some ready swatches to use. You can find them by going to Windows Open Swatch Library Patterns Basic Graphics Basic GraphicsDots. This will provide you with a selection of plain grays and gradients in halftone. Gradient panel (Window Gradient) and Gradient Tool (G) that can be found on the Tools panel, serve to control the gradient fills in Adobe Illustrator. You can also control the gradient using the Gradient Annotator.
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Drag it above, and your gradient will show up, but you will also see some black artifacts around the edges. This is because of a competing fill. Double click 'characters' in the appearance palette, and you'll see the appearance attributes within that. Set this fill to transparent, and you'll be able to apply gradients with no problem.The type/character dichotomy and ordering has something to do with being able to apply a gradient to each of the letters, vs applying the gradient to all of the letters, I think.
But I still don't really understand the logic there, and I mess with it until I find a permutation that works for me. Usually it's transparent characters, and treat the type.