Lettering with Illustrator for iPad
Curve smoothing and shape adjustment
A course by Alejandro Solórzano , Designer and Lettering Artist
About the video: Curve smoothing and shape adjustment
Overview
“You will learn to detect and fine tune the last optical settings to finalize your phrase. Once each letter has been vectorized, you can individually modify its shape or size, adjust the spacing between the words and prepare the final composition to start applying different effects in the next unit. ”
In this video lesson Alejandro Solórzano addresses the topic: Curve smoothing and shape adjustment, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lettering with Illustrator for iPad. Learn how to use lettering as a tool for expression in Adobe Illustrator using an iPad and Apple Pencil.
Partial transcription of the video
“Curve smoothing and shape adjustments Probably at the end of the manual vectorization process of your project, you will notice some areas of opportunity that you can improve to make your composition look better. It is precisely in this lesson where we will take advantage of the correct positioning of the nodes, to know the behavior of the handlers, to divide our letters stroke by stroke to make the adjustments that will help us to have a more aesthetic composition. Perhaps these adjustments would have been too difficult to run drawing after drawing. Now I will show you how to do it. In this...”
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Course summary for: Lettering with Illustrator for iPad
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
3D Lettering, Digital Lettering, Lettering

Alejandro Solórzano
A course by Alejandro Solórzano
Alejandro Solórzano is a design engineer from Guadalajara, Mexico. He is passionate about using calligraphy and lettering as a method of expression. His curiosity for finding new ways of bringing ideas to life led him to discover all the different applications a design can have, turning his motivation into his profession.
He currently works as a freelancer for visual communication projects and has collaborated with brands such as Wacom, Adobe, AFAR, Sabritas, and many more.
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