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Mancalahour 012: How To Be Textual: A Guide

Jan 07, 2012 03:16

Back with my second tutorial, which is actually more of a guide! library_of_sex requested that I please impart my wisdom about my text work and how I achieve it. HER WORDS, NOT MINE ( Read more... )

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Comments 9

library_of_sex January 7 2012, 08:27:07 UTC

I just about raced through this fuckin' tut. I hadn't thought of using a gradient on my text layers, so I oughta try that out! And thanks for the fonts recs, too. I'm gonna go find that St Marie font and see if I can use it soon. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING THIS UP, NIK! <33333333333

mancalahour January 7 2012, 08:30:06 UTC

YOU'RE MOST WELCOME ♥ I HOPE IT WAS WHAT YOU MEANT.

ohgollygeedamn January 7 2012, 14:45:26 UTC

To say this is helpful would be just about the biggest understatement in the world gosh. Thank you so much for putting this together! Seeing all the fonts side by side with the examples really helps put things into context. I shall refer back to this again!

mancalahour January 9 2012, 00:20:29 UTC

YAY I'm sooooo glad you find it useful, Kat!

rocketgirl2 January 7 2012, 21:19:03 UTC

Thanks for writing this, and for reccing your favorite fonts at the end. :) St. Marie is absolutely gorgeous!

mancalahour January 9 2012, 00:21:07 UTC

Awww, my pleasure, Caryn! I'm glad that last bit is useful to you!

fuuurs January 7 2012, 22:58:40 UTC

Franklin Gothic is probably my favorite font ever, and I love the rest of your favorite fonts!
That little drop down menu for extra options for fonts doesn't necessarily have to do with whether it's open type or not. Essentially, if the font comes with lots of different variations (bold, italicized, condensed, compressed, extra light, demi, book, etc) that's where you'll choose them.
Your drop shadow method works so much better than mine, thank you so much for posting this!

mancalahour January 9 2012, 00:21:51 UTC

Ohhhhh! Yeah, that makes sense. I don't click that dropdown nearly as much as I probably should. Thanks for setting me straight on that!

ctofine June 16 2012, 20:07:59 UTC

I must say, I've not been doing icons in a few years--and, just happened upon you...and you've certainly inspired me! I'm putting this one in my memories so my rusty brain can peruse at my leisure. Thank you so much for sharing!