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Tutorial : "Hacking Typography in Satori."

A Five Part, Step-by-Step guide to Creating Letterforms.

By Michael Hirsh.

Part Three. Page 3 of 3

Step Five: Ornament the face

Make the top Layer active, copy the yellow body object and change it from Filled to Outline.
Apply an Outline Width of 7, and a Style of Solid.
Do the same to the Cut object (the counter) but obviously change it to Outline, not Cut.

You should end up with something like this...

Shaping up.

Choose a method

Use the Connected Lines button for the straight inline ornaments.
You might feel that it's obvious to use the Open Bezier Spline tool for the curved ornaments, but sometimes it's easier to use the Connected Lines tool with lots of closely spaced Control Points, than to try fiddling around with Control Handles in a confined space. So here we'll use the Connected Lines to improvise a short curve. For the very short curve just under the counter, I placed four clicks, and nudged them gently into a curve.

Use the same orange as before.

Hit the button and GO !!!

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Turn the Grid Snap OFF, but keep a careful eye on the stretchy grey connecting line to tell you when things are exactly vertical or horizontal. When the line is either horizontal or vertical, it will be perfectly smooth and will show no stepping.

The settings for the inline ornament are: Outline Width = 12, Style = Airbrush.

Do the same on the other stroke of the letter.

Now for the curvaceous bits. Choose the Open Bezier Spline button, using the same properties.

Use only three Control Points for this next curve. One at the beginning, one in the middle, and one at the end.

Keep the points the same distance from the edge.

It could be better, but it's alright for Government work....

Now move on to Part 4, the letter "C"

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The Letter "A"

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The Letter "R"

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The Letter "C"

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Tutorial : "Hacking Typography in Satori."

A Five Part, Step-by-Step guide to Creating Letterforms.

By Michael Hirsh.

Part Three. Page 3 of 3 Step Five: Ornament the face

Make the top Layer active, copy the yellow body object and change it from Filled to Outline. Apply an Outline Width of 7, and a Style of Solid. Do the same to the Cut object (the counter) but obviously change it to Outline, not Cut. You should end up with something like this...

Make the top Layer active, copy the yellow body object and change it from Filled to Outline. Apply an Outline Width of 7, and a Style of Solid. Do the same to the Cut object (the counter) but obviously change it to Outline, not Cut.

You should end up with something like this...

Shaping up. Choose a method

Shaping up.

Choose a method

Use the same orange as before.

Hit the button and GO !!! Back to TOP

Hit the button and GO !!!

Turn the Grid Snap OFF, but keep a careful eye on the stretchy grey connecting line to tell you when things are exactly vertical or horizontal. When the line is either horizontal or vertical, it will be perfectly smooth and will show no stepping.

The settings for the inline ornament are: Outline Width = 12, Style = Airbrush.

Do the same on the other stroke of the letter.

Do the same on the other stroke of the letter.

Now for the curvaceous bits. Choose the Open Bezier Spline button, using the same properties.

Now for the curvaceous bits. Choose the Open Bezier Spline button, using the same properties.

Use only three Control Points for this next curve. One at the beginning, one in the middle, and one at the end.

Use only three Control Points for this next curve. One at the beginning, one in the middle, and one at the end.

Keep the points the same distance from the edge. It could be better, but it's alright for Government work....

Keep the points the same distance from the edge.

It could be better, but it's alright for Government work....

Now move on to Part 4, the letter "C"

Now move on to Part 4, the letter "C"

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Step Five: Ornament the face

Make the top Layer active, copy the yellow body object and change it from Filled to Outline.
Apply an Outline Width of 7, and a Style of Solid.
Do the same to the Cut object (the counter) but obviously change it to Outline, not Cut.

You should end up with something like this...

Make the top Layer active, copy the yellow body object and change it from Filled to Outline.
Apply an Outline Width of 7, and a Style of Solid.
Do the same to the Cut object (the counter) but obviously change it to Outline, not Cut.

Shaping up.

Choose a method

Hit the button and GO !!!

Back to TOP

Keep the points the same distance from the edge.

It could be better, but it's alright for Government work....

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Introduction

Part 2
The Letter "A"

Part 3
The Letter "R"

Part 4
The Letter "C"

Part 5
The Letter "H"

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