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Adding flourishes to type in Illustrator

Adding flourishes to type in Illustrator

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Adding flourishes to type in Illustrator

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- Hi, I'm Nigel French welcome to Type Tips. This week, some suggestions for how you can add decorative flourishes to your type. I have my cap R, which is in ratio modern, and I'd like to add a more decorative leg to it. So I'm going to be removing the existing one and then creating a new one with more of a flourish. From the type menu, I'll convert it to outlines. Then I'll get my knife tool, hold down the option or Alt key so that I can draw a straight line and just slice through at the top right there. Now, rather than delete this, I am going to convert this selection to a guide. To do that, I will press Command or Control + 5. If I don't see anything, I need to make sure that my guides are turned on, which is Command or Control + ;. And also that they are locked, which they are, but those commands are here. Unlock guides, make guides, and show or hide guides. Now I'll come and get my spiral tool. Click onto the…

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