Barium & Tin Western Vector Alphabet

2 If you've positioned individual vector letters before, you probably know that letters with rounded tops or bottoms need to extend a little bit below the baseline and above the cap height line. This lettering style is familiar to anyone who appreciates old fashioned wood type lettering from the American frontier of the 1800s. In a matter of just a few minutes, you can copy and paste the letters to spell out a customized headline or product name, apply beautiful curves and contours if desired using Adobe Illustrator's Object Envelope Distort commands , and presto, you have a lovely, unique, and custom-lettered branding system or headline. If it looks too tight or too loose, then it is. This extra height most prominently on bold lettering counteracts the optical illusion of rounded letters naturally appearing smaller than the rest. Squint at it. Drag and drop the .eps files onto PhotoShop application icon to open in PhotoShop WORKING WITH THIS ALPHABET This is a set of vector letters that can be pasted together to create a custom headline for your graphic piece. Adobe Illustrator's Object Envelope Distort is your friend. Whatever works! And yes, it goes more quickly than you might think. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is custom vector art, not an installable font. Jordan is also an artist, illustrator, animator, 3D designer, and photographer. After you've positioned the lettering on a straight baseline, give it careful look. This color scheme keeps the old west vibe, but try bright neons or pastels if it fits your project. This particular original take on the well-worn slab serif style is fairly tall but not too tall , and it has an embellishing shadow line and incised strokes; Lots of rustic and scratchy-looking eye candy to appreciate when viewing at larger sizes. Saved in .eps format, compatible with AI 10 and up. TIPS FOR GETTING A PERFECT RESULT 1 Don't forget the kerning! Bottom line: Don't use math or rulers to kern the letters, use your eyes. ABOUT THE DESIGNER Mott Jordan is a veteran typography designer and confirmed lettering fanatic. BARIUM & TIN OLD WEST-STYLE ALPHABET Here's an intricately incised vector alphabet with a gritty old-west down-to-earth vibe. 4 The colors are easily editable. , ITC Hornpype, and ITC Verkehr, as well as a large number of limited-release freebies floating around the web, dating back to the late 1990s. Colors are easily editable, of course. He has two ITC designs to his credit now administered by Monotype, Inc. Open it up a bit when dense letters want to dovetail too tightly together. Look at it from across the room if it helps. Example: a rounded capital letter 'O' extends slightly beyond the lines at both the top and bottom, and a rounded capital letter 'U' extends below the line at the bottom only. Close up the big wide gaps like you might see between an 'L' and an 'A'. This is often the difference between a good lettering design and a great one. 3 Try curving your words, rotate them around an arc, bend and warp them for great results.

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Barium & Tin Western Vector Alphabet