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50 top typography tutorials. The web is brimming with typography tutorials, but many are low quality and others are very out of date. So we've trawled the internet to uncover the diamonds in the rough, in the form of 50 top-quality typography tutorials, to bring your knowledge and skills up to speed. Get Creative Cloud Perhaps you’re looking for a good introduction to the fundamentals of typography? Or perhaps you want to develop and push your type abilities further? Either way, you're sure to find just what you’re looking for on this list, which includes typography lessons in the form of traditional text-and-image tutorials, animations and video, and even games. We’ll be adding to this list as time moves on, so make sure you bookmark this page, and come back from time to time to see what’s new in the world of typography tutorials.

We'll start by looking at tutorials to help you with mastering the fundamentals of typography – skip through to another page if you're after something more advanced. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 86 top-quality typography tutorials | Typography. The web is brimming with typography tutorials, but many are low quality and others are very out of date. So we’ve trawled the internet to uncover the diamonds in the rough, in the form of 50 top-quality typography tutorials, to bring your knowledge and skills up to speed.

Get Creative Cloud Perhaps you’re looking for a good introduction to the fundamentals of typography? Or perhaps you want to develop and push your type abilities further? We’ll be adding to this list as time moves on, so make sure you bookmark this fantastic resource, and come back from time to time to see what’s new in the world of typography tutorials. We'll start by looking at tutorials to help you with mastering the fundamentals of typography – skip through to another page if you're after something more advanced. 01.

Not sure exactly what typography terms mean? Six further terms (tracking, widows and orphans, serif fonts, sans-serif fonts and script & cursive fonts) are explained in part two, which you can watch here. Glitter Style Font. How to create letters from Glitter Pieces image with photoshop. Free Glitter Pieces brushes. You may get .psd* file of . Photoshop tutorial by making a payment. Put the tutorial title in "Add special instructions to seller" line of PayPal and it will be sent to you shortly. Click to enlarge the image. Create a new document, I used sizes: resolution - 300px/inch 1800pxwidth and 1350px height. You may choose different size, but some tutorial settings are depending of image size and resolution.

Use following settings: Type any sign you want with black color, in order to get better result use bold fonts. Rasterize text layer. Here is result after applying filter. In order to load selection for the black cells, go to Select > Color Rang > click with eyedropper to the black area. Click "Ok".

Then go to Select > Refine Edge. Here is result of "Reifine Edge" option. Apply some gray/spotty pattern to this layer: I used "Cells" preset Photoshop pattern. Go to Stained Glass filter again. Correct levels to increase sign contrast: Use similar settings to get result like on screen shots: How to Create Inner Shadow in Adobe Illustrator - Illustrator Tutorials. Final Image Preview In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial for beginners we will take a look at the technique of creating inner shadow.

Unfortunately, unlike Photoshop there is no such function in Adobe Illustrator. But this fact is not going to be a problem for you after reading this vector tutorial. Let's begin! You can download the source vector file for this tutorial Step 1 Take a look at the creation of an inner shadow on the example of complex shapes. Select the text and go to Type > Create > Outlines. Step 2 Copy the created group and paste it front twice (Command / Ctrl + C, Command / Ctrl + F (2 times)). Take the Rectangle Tool (M) and create a rectangle of white color. Step 3 Move the rectangle from the Layers panel so that it is between the first and the second group with the text. For clarity purposes, turn off the visibility of the first and third group with the text in the Layers panel.

We got a rectangle with cut out text. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8. Useful Typography Tips For Adobe Illustrator. Advertisement Typography is not only an all-important aspect of design, it is also an art form in and of itself. Choosing the right font, the perfect spacing and even the correct shape of text can be an important factor as to whether a project fails or succeeds. Although Illustrator is not really used for multiple-paged projects, many would agree that it is one of the most powerful applications for creating vector graphics, such as logos, and it is also often used for one-page documents, such as business cards, posters, or postcards. Since we can easily transfer graphics from Illustrator to Photoshop and InDesign, designers often use Illustrator to create vector type that they can then incorporate into projects in another program.

For instance, you can create a nice type design within Illustrator, then add some extra effects in Photoshop. 1. Kerning is an important aspect of design. To turn off kerning between selected characters, set it to “0”: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Open Paths Closed Paths 7. 8. Create an Animal Print Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator Pattern Swatches. In the following tutorial you will learn how to create an easy animal print text effect using Adobe Illustrator's default jaguar and cheetah patterns.

You will also learn how to add with multiple fills and effects to further enhance the text. Step 1 First take the Type Tool (T) and type your chosen text using the font "JungleFever" that you can find here. The font size is 180 pt. Step 2 Next open the Swatch Libraries menu from the Swatches Panel, navigate to Patterns > Nature > Nature_Animal Skins and find Jaguar and Cheetah. At this point you can scale the pattern 60 - 70% because it looks too big. Step 3 Again, select Add New Fill and this time use the radial gradient shown in the image to fill the letters.

Step 4 Now go to Effect menu > Stylize > Inner Glow and set the values like below then make sure the effect is placed under the three fills in the Appearance Panel and if not drag it at the bottom. Step 5 Step 6 Let's continue the effect. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Final Image. Quick Tutorial: Gradient Strokes. After reading Lensco’s comment “Cool tip, all we need now are gradients on strokes. Pretty please, Adobe?” On the previous tutorial Quick Tutorial: Adding Gradients to Text, I decided to write a quick tutorial about how I create gradient strokes.

This super simple technique use the Appearance panel and effects to create editable gradient strokes in Illustrator. The Problem In Illustrator, you can’t apply a gradient to strokes the way you normally apply gradients to other objects. You can create a stroke on an object, go Object > Path > Outline Stroke, and then fill the stroke with a gradient, but you won’t be able to change the stroke weight later on. Adding Gradient Strokes to Objects First let’s go over the steps for adding a gradient stroke to objects.

Step 1 Select your object with the Selection tool, in my case an ellipse, and make sure it has no stroke applied. Step 2 Step 3 Now you can change the offset fill to a gradient and your done! Adding Gradient Strokes to Text Step 4 Step 5. 30+ Adobe Illustrator Text Effect Tutorials and Techniques. In every design, may it be a banner or a logo, text effect is very important. This is because an attractive text effect surely catches the eyes and delivers a better message to onlookers. We are utilizing Adobe Illustrator in this tutorial, because they provide designers with an excellent opportunity for creating better quality with text and graphic designs. In this next post, we are going to showcase to you 30+ Text Effect Tutorials and Techniques in Adobe Illustrator, where you can manipulate graphic texts as much as you want.

Feel free to learn from this tutorial and apply it to your very own graphic designs that may suit your needs and style. Vectips Illustrator Tutorial This tutorial illustrates how to make letterpress styled text using Vectips Illustrator. Vibrant 3D Pixel This tutorial shows you how to create a vibrant 3D pixel font type treatment. Green Type Treatment Tutorial In this Illustrator tutorial, you can create an environmentally friendly green type treatment. 3D Sunset Type.