Request for Glowing Text Effect

[Black Panther]

Hi Germaine, the "R" here looks better, but i see you have moved it more than resizing it, it´s OK., but when you give fill to this group, will have not the right effect of the Glow, anyway if you like it so then Ok.
Regarding the checker, attched two images on how to draw it, i hope i wrote the instructions right and you can understand my english, let me know if you have any hard break.
I will post my new image too, tried to use glow drawing technique on objects, not only text, just try.
BP