I am trying to learn and use the horizontal/vertical only method of vectorizing type using the pen tool in Illustrator. I am following this tutorial here. When going from anchor point to anchor point, the guy in the video is able to use alt + shift + click on the anchor point to drag out … Read more
I know that is was hand lettered, but I have seen this same style on other maps. It looks similar to copperplate, but I don’t think that’s it. Can anyone identify the source for these lettering styles? Answer The serif could be replaced by Copper Bowles, Copperplate hand or Adorn Copperplate The sans is trickier, … Read more
I’m trying to make a logo in illustraot using this font: http://www.dafont.com/pokemon.font Unfortunately, when I add a stroke, it ruins the overlapping on the font. For example, I want the blue stroke on the ‘O’ in overlap to be behind the ‘v’. Any thoughts on how to accomplsih this? Thanks! Answer Remove the stroke from … Read more
I need the center of the letter A in Illustrator to be transparent so you can see the background underneath. Same with letter D, B, O, P, R. I imported a vector version of a word, and I am able to select the letter but if I click delete button it deletes the whole word. … Read more
I have been trying to achieve a text effect similar to this “Hobbit-Inspired” text but I keep getting this strange faceting that I can’t seem to get rid of. I’m fairly new to InDesign (CS5) and am not sure how to modify settings to fix this. Initially I thought it was just how the preview … Read more
Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. Closed 3 years ago. Improve this question I have tried almost everything and scratched my brains over it but still, I am … Read more
(not sure this type of question belongs on this forum but thought i would ask) So I’m looking at learning a particular style of hand letter, for the life of me i cant find many other reference other than the the one attached. I’m curious as to if this style of lettering has particular name? … Read more
I’m about to design a brand mark for an engineering company, the first letter of the company name being “E” and I want to manipulate this character like a sigma “Σ” letter, but need to make sure it’s will be fine. Answer Yes you can. The Greek alphabet is merely an alphabet. Using a drawing … Read more
I want to bend some text around a circle. I can just write the text on a path, but I want to keep the side that’s not ON the path in a straight line. For example, look at these chalk letterings. The top of this one is a straight line, the bottom is curved: And … Read more
This is more of a handwritten or drawing style question. Lets say I draw letters. How do I make letters and numbers distinct? For example the number 0 has a line through it as well as 7. If I looked at letters l, capital I and 1 may look alike. How do I draw/write numbers … Read more
