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whats the best way to create an underline in X3 please?
I’m trying to make the "g" into an underline by elongating the tail as it were … Font I’m using for this is ‘Kitchen Police’
what’s the best way to go about this ? – i’ve tried making a simple oblong the same width as the font but can never get it to line up accurately..
now I’m not sure if this is the best method or what tools to use to get my oblong in line with the tail of the ‘g’
I hope that makes some sense – it’s been driving me mad today – I’ve been searching and searching through my manual and online tutorials to no avail *hair*
can anyone shed some light ?
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I would do what you have been doing – draw a rectangle the same width as the stroke of the g and then weld it. Zoom in real close if you have to, in order to get it lined up proper. Alternatively, convert the text to curves and move the nodes of the letter to get the same result.
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In Illustrator, I’d go with Andy’s second suggestion – convert to curves and move the end of the tail.
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The way I would do it –
First convert your text to curves, then get rid of the fill, and put an outline on it of 0.001mm.
This is as thin as Corel will show you on the screen – now make the rectangle, convert to curves and set the outline at 0.001mm.
Put the rectangle roughly in position where you want it to join the g, then zoom in to maximum zoom and you will be able to fine tune the positioning to get it spot on.
Weld the two together – if your alignment is still slightly out you will be able to see by looking at the nodes – if necessary you can delete a few of the nodes to get a smooth join.
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Well guys tonight was a bit more productive – really satisfying when you work stuff out 😀
Not only did i manage to do the underlines (tweaked the nodes in the end) but i even managed to create an Uppercase "B" as the font did not contain any uppercases !
my first EVER work – so be gentle ! -all client provided was a shoddy/fuzzy jpg of an old existing logo.
(mate of mine owns a Motorsport Tuning company and needs decals for the cars they work on)out of interest how on earth do you price up something like this ??
they guy is after 20 for an initial batch..
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Nicely done Frank. You’re right, it is satisfying when you do it yourself and, more importantly, you will never forget the lessons you have just learned.
Now you just need to cut them. 😳
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quote John Childs:Now you just need to cut them. 😳
Haven’t even bought any vinyl yet 😳 – and besides Co-cut is another application to learn ! The brain can only cope with limited input after a 12hour day at my 9-5…. (if that’s not a contradiction in terms ha ha)
Hopefully getting some delivered next week sometime – I’ll let you know how things go…. probably messy ha ha
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Sometimes I just use the – from the font and weld it on after I stretch it to fit.
Love….Jill -
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