Sodium & Sulphur Old-West Alphabet

3 Try curving your words, rotate them around an arc, bend and warp them for great results. 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. Important Note: This is custom vector art, not an installable font. Look at it from across the room if it helps. If it looks too tight or too loose, then it is. Saved in .eps format, compatible with AI 10 and up. 4 The colors are easily editable. SODIUM & SULPHUR OLD WEST-STYLE ALPHABET Here's an intricately incised alphabet with a gritty old-west down-to-earth vibe. 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. This lettering style may be familiar to anyone who appreciates old fashioned wood type lettering from the American frontier of the 1800s. That font version of this artwork contains a much more complete set of glyphs as well as international language support. This color scheme keeps the old west vibe, but try bright neons or pastels if it fits your project. Bottom line: Don't use math or rulers to kern the letters, use your eyes. This is often the difference between a good lettering design and a great one. There is an .otf font version separately available in my shop, which does not feature the painted effects. TIPS FOR GETTING A PERFECT RESULT 1 Don't forget the kerning! Adobe Illustrator's Object Envelope Distort is your friend. ABOUT THE DESIGNER Mott Jordan is a veteran typography designer and confirmed lettering fanatic. This extra height most prominently on bold lettering counteracts the optical illusion of rounded letters naturally appearing smaller than the rest. Squint at it. And yes, it goes more quickly than you might think. Colors are easily editable, of course. After you've positioned the lettering on a straight baseline, give it careful look. 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. He has two ITC designs to his credit now administered by Monotype, Inc. 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. Open it up a bit when dense letters want to dovetail too tightly together. Close up the big wide gaps like you might see between an 'L' and an 'A'. Whatever works! This particular original take on the "octic" style of letterpress type has an embellishing shadow line and incised strokes; Lots of rustic and scratchy-looking eye candy to appreciate when viewing at larger sizes. Jordan is also an artist, illustrator, animator, 3D designer, and photographer. , 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.

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Sodium & Sulphur Old-West Alphabet