I'm trying to figure out how to separate the components of "prism" style fonts so that i can assign different colors to each part (working with coreldraw 11). All i've accomplished so far is hair loss. Somebody please help this newbie! You'll be my hero!
Posted by Adrian Howard (Member # 491) on :
If you type your text in and then convert to curves and then break curve apart(under the arrange heading) then each part will be seperated, work in wire frame mode and you will see them and just refill with your colour choice, there may be a simpler way but works for me
[ February 28, 2004, 04:10 AM: Message edited by: Adrian Howard ]
Posted by TransLab (Member # 470) on :
Much Discussion already on this subject, just do a search for 'prismatic' This post would be a good starting point start here
And you can buy ready to use prismatic fonts from a number of locations
Posted by Eric Houser (Member # 4461) on :
thanks Adrian and Mike!
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
I know following the links people post doesn't always fit into the time one has allocated to checking out a thread, but since I followed Mike's link all the way to an excellent post by Joe Rees, I thought I'd paste it in here:
quote:Originally posted by Joe Rees: Hey Jaime, before we retire this thread, I did a test that I had never tried before to check my theory that CorelTrace might produce a useful vector path on a chiseled bitmap. It was surprisingly easier and sharper that I imagined. Take a look at this -
Depending on the resolutions of the bitmap and trace settings, this could lead to a useable cut path. Getting a third color in the trace wouldn't have been a problem either, but I wanted to see how well it would handle just two colors like other prismatic fonts I've seen. This really isn't too bad. Maybe it's a viable approach. I'll be experimenting further next call I have for this effect. Good luck.
Posted by Bill Cosharek (Member # 1274) on :
And here is yet another link to a site with instructions for creating a prismatic font. This is the Letterhead Fonts' Tips 'n Tricks page.
I see there are some other new tricks there now also.
Posted by Peter Crossing (Member # 4009) on :
I think the one Doug suggested is the least time-consuming way to do primsatic lettering. However I could not achieve the same result as he did no matter how I adjusted the options in Corel.
So I tried it in Photoshop, with high resolution and high contrast, then trace in Flexi, the final result has been really wonderful and requires minimal correction to smooth the lines. This can save you tons of time when you are working on skinny or script fonts.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
just a clarification that I had nothing to do with that idea or the graphics, other then to discover it in an earlier post by Joe Rees
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
quote: So I tried it in Photoshop, with high resolution and high contrast, then trace in Flexi, the final result has been really wonderful and requires minimal correction to smooth the lines. This can save you tons of time when you are working on skinny or script fonts.
Thanks for the idea and positive opinions- I'll have to give it a go!
Posted by Eric Houser (Member # 4461) on :
thanks for all responses, it really shortened the learning curve.
