![]() The bezier curves were removed from this point with the Convert Anchor Point tool to give a sharp point. A small circle was drawn, then the left hand point dragged outwards with the Direct Selection Tool. The lower half of the text was selected with the Direct Selection Tool and moved downwards (holding Shift to constrain the axis).Įlsewhere a new brush was created. ![]() One of the first tweaks was to extend the letters to make the whole word taller, which was the main reason I wanted a font with straight edges. The new letter A was combined with the rest of the word and all the letters converted to outlines making them ready for customisation. The original letter O, the little point at the top and the terminal at the bottom were all combined with the Merge option from the Pathfinder palette. I wasn’t too keen on the shape of the letter A, so I took a copy of the O, created outlines from the text (CMD+Shift+O) then used the Direct Selection Tool to take portions of the original letter A to build my own customised version. I eventually picked out Cloister Black as my typeface of choice. I wanted a font that used straight edges on most of the letters, as opposed to being rounded. There’s a huge range and different styles to pick from. ![]() The first step is to pick out a bunch of blackletter style fonts. The first stage of the design process will be in Illustrator, here we’ll create and tweak the gothic script lettering. The design I’ve been working on features the word ‘Cobra’ – Simply because it sounds pretty bad-ass! The blackletter type has been customised and modified with additional swirls, curls and various pointy bits which add plenty of visual interest while disguising the original wording. ![]()
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