Adobe Illustrator for Typography, Lettering and Calligraphy

Overview

“I am going to tell you about the three different processes through which you can create letters: the image tracing tool, tracing on a pre-existing image and drawing directly in the program. You will see how the results are very different. ”

In this video lesson Andrés Ochoa addresses the topic: Ways to create a letter in Illustrator, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4 - Create your Own Letters. Discover the secrets to creating your own letters.

Partial transcription of the video

“ILLUSTRATOR COURSE 4 LESSON 5 Ways to create a letter in Illustrator The style of the letters and their final appearance It has been the product of the tools that exist in its time to draw them or to draw them. In the same way, in Illustrator there are three different ways to draw a letter and I will teach you in this lesson. The first is the Image tracing tool. This tool transforms an image into a vector form. The first thing is to put the image you want to trace on the worktable To do this, we go to the File menu, Place and select some image. I have this one that I want to use on the desk...”

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Course summary for: Course 4 - Create your Own Letters

• Level: Beginner
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• 14 students
• 11 units
• 11 lessons (1h 9m)
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