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Illustrator typography design
Illustrator typography design













This tutorial was a reader's suggestion sent to us via email and it's amazing how many things we can do using the Blend Tool in Illustrator, it's a very powerful tool and using it for texts is not that common but the result is really good.Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based graphic design, editing, and drawing application program that has become the industry standard for graphic design professionals.

illustrator typography design

Then do the same for the end of the second E. To the end part you will have to use the Polygonal Lasso Tool(L)(2) to select just the part you want to erase, otherwise you will delete part of the E as well. Then in Photoshop with the Eraser Tool(E) or using mask, use a very soft brush to erase some areas like on the beginning of the letter Z (1). With the Direct Selection Tool (A) you can select the 2 lines of the Blend Object and change their colors, below you can see 2 examples with blue and pink and yellow and pink.Ĭopy the blend object in Illustrator and then paste it in Photoshop to make some adjustments. Once again, with the Direct Selection Tool (A) move some anchor points to make the necessary adjustments in order to make the design smoother. Repeat the same thing we did in the Step 2, 3 and 4.Īpply the Blend Tool (W) for the letters E.

illustrator typography design

Now let's create the other letters, in my design I used the name of my design studio, Zee. With the Direct Selection Tool (A) start moving some anchor points to change the blend object, the idea here is to add some movement to the letter Z.

illustrator typography design

Change the Spacing to Specified Steps using 15 steps. With the blend object selected double click on the Blend Tool icon or go to Object>Blend>Blend Options. Select the Blend Tool (W), then click on one of the segments and then on the other to create the blend object. Every time you create a new anchor point, hold the mouse button to transform it to a curve.ĭuplicate the Z and move it down a little bit. With the Pen Tool (P) create a Z with just a few points. I used A4 for the size, but it is not really important because we will copy the illustrator vector and paste it in Photoshop later on.

illustrator typography design

Open Illustrator and create a new document. The technique is very simple and it won't take more than 30 minutes to achieve the same effect. So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a text effect using the Blend Tool in Illustrator and then we will use Photoshop for some final retouches to make the effect more subtle. I really like the text effect and decided to give it a try. Then we received this email suggestion from one of our readers quite a few months ago asking us how to create that effect. I have written some Illustrator tutorials in which I've used the Blend Tool to create swirls and other shapes, but I have never used it to create a text effect.















Illustrator typography design