In order to migrate the design to Photoshop while keeping the various objects separate, I had copy and paste each set of elements individually. Any tight angles and the position of each individual piece were adjusted to perfect the design. Various swirls, curls and sharp pointy bits later and the vector version of the type design is complete.
Some of the longer lines overlap the text, which seems a popular feature in this style of gothic typography design. More flicks were drawn and duplicated across the inner sections of each letter, giving a a kind of thorny or teethed appearance. When the edges are lined up the shape flows seamlessly. Smaller flicks were drawn and carefully positioned over key points of the text. Double click the Brush icon to edit the Smoothness settings in order to generate nice flowing curves. My Pen Tablet came in handy here, but the same effect could easily be created with a mouse. This new brush is used with the Brush Tool to draw some smooth swirly lines across the text. This shape is then added as a New Art Brush by clicking the littler ‘new icon’ at the bottom of the Brushes palette. The rounded edge from the opposite end is then clipped off using a temporary square along with the Subtract option from the Pathfinder palette. 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.
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If you have any question concerning your rights you should review the license agreement you received with the software or contact Monotype for a copy of the license agreement.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. You may not copy or distribute this software. Unless you have entered into a specific license agreement granting you additional rights, your use of this software is limited to your workstation for your own publishing use. This software is a valuable asset of Monotype. You have obtained this typeface software either directly from Monotype or together with software distributed by one of Monotype s licensees.
This typeface is the property of Monotype Typography and its use by you is covered under the terms of a license agreement. Useful for headlines and general display work and for small quantities of text, particularly in advertising. The design is influenced by the geometric style sans serif faces which were popular during the 1920's and 30's. Century Gothic maintains the basic design of 20th Century but has an enlarged 'x' height and has been modified to ensure satisfactory output from modern digital systems. A design based on Monotype 20th Century, which was drawn by Sol Hess between 19. Century Gothic is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation plc.
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