Urgent (sort-of) How do you edit the form of typefaces/fonts or create your own ??

Hey im very new to illustrator- but i really need to do this project.  I am unable to learn the basics because of time.
This is what i want to do: (please help im clueless at the mo)
Basically i want to edit the forms of a  san serif type ( or make my own (if it is easy)) .
I want to edit type because im making an animation where the font letters are morphing in to other letters.
ei - A into B into C ect .
i can draw this - the problem is that im gonna have to 100s if i want a smooth animation and i would of thought using illustrator would be alot quicker and  i can use more frames.
how would i go about this ?
Also what size do you reccomend .

zosspro,
You may have a look at blends.
If you wish to have a number of steps from one shape to another (outlined Type or whatever), you may:
1) Place the start shape to the left and the end shape to the right (with the centres at the same Y value) with a suitable distance so yo can see what you are doing;
2) Object>Blend>Blend Options, set Spacing to Specified Steps with the number of inbetween shapes, set Orientation to Align to Page or Path as desired, if relevant;
3) Select both shapes form 1) and Object>Blend>Make.
You can now see all the intermnediate shapes. You can Undo and make changes, and you can Object>Blend>Expand if you wish to have all the steps as independent objects (you may Ungroup them).
You can also make a blend between three or more objects to start with, with the same distances and number of steps between the original shapes, and you can combine (the objects from) blends.

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