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How to: Line 3D effect?
How would one go about creating a lined 3D effect as shown in the image below?
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Why do most comics have uppercase text in their balloons?
While it's well known in design that lowercase is easier to read.
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How to write distinctive letters?
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 ...
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How do I create a solid line of uniform thickness inside of a letterform in Illustrator?
I've seen all sorts of headlines and ads that use this style a solid color section of type has a solid uniform line of a different color running through the exact middle of each letter. I've done all ...
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How to create 3D extruded text?
I am pretty sure I'm not using the right terminology, but I'm trying to create the same effect in this image:
Is there any way to do this in Illustrator? What is the proper terminology for that ...
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Building hand-written fonts for lettering
I am looking to build a custom font from my handwriting for lettering a comic.
what professional tools exist to build such a font and export it into one of the mainstream formats (TTF, OpenType, or ...
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How do I delete the center of the letter A in Adobe Illustrator CS5?
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 ...
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Why do some fonts make I, l, 1 look the same?
Why do some fonts make the I,l,1 characters look identical?
There are fonts where they don't just look similar - they are the same exact pixel locations.
Why were they ever created?
I'm guessing ...
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Letterpress effect with an inside glow
I have been using a letterpress effect on the buttons and titles of my website to great effect, but now I'm trying to incorporate a glow effect for mouse overs and such.
I have been trying to ...
