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monkspider

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Aug 2001
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14-04-2003 22:15

Question for Photoshop Hackers

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I have just recently been learning how to use photoshop, and actually making good progress, but I have one question for the Asher or Ixnays of the world. Something that I frequently see done at this site is change the letters in a word while still retaining the same style and font. For example, a while back Ixnay created an Apolyton logo that had the same style as "Yahoo!". Can any give me general directions on how to do this? I am using Photoshop 7.0.

Skywise

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Jan 2002
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14-04-2003 22:46

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Just use the font option. You might have to tryout hundreds of writting styles but you'll find it.

Good luck.

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Juggernaut

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Jun 2001
time: 06:27

14-04-2003 22:50

Tired of ads?

You could also cut n' paste parts of the existing letters together to form desired letters.

ixnay

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14-04-2003 23:32

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If I already have a lot of letters to choose from in what I'm trying to do, I'll cut and paste from existing letters. This is more time consuming but generally looks more authentic. This is what I used to make my fake marriage certificate:

Other times the font used is a fairly recognizable one that most people had. After doing this a lot I can recognize some of the more prevalent fonts pretty easily. I noticed that the font used for Cinnamon Toast crunch is actually Impact, with different colors and a stroke effect around the outside:

Other times you can do a search for the font and find somewhere to download it. http://www.sharkshock.com/fonts/fonts.html has a lot of fonts used in logos, products and such. To make this Apolyton logo, I got a Yahoo font from here and styled it to look like the original yahoo logo.

I'd be glad to answer any more questions

monkspider

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Aug 2001
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15-04-2003 00:01

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thanks Ixnay, that site is very useful. Are there any other really good free font sites you could direct me to?

Inverse Icarus

Emperor

flying too low to the ground
May 2001
time: 00:27

15-04-2003 00:13

Got spare money?

www.1000fonts.com
www.1001fonts.com
-i forget which is better

Inverse Icarus

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May 2001
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15-04-2003 00:14

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oh, and thanks for mentioning me in the first post, jackass!

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15-04-2003 15:14

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quote:
Originally posted by ixnay
Other times you can do a search for the font and find somewhere to download it. http://www.sharkshock.com/fonts/fonts.html has a lot of fonts used in logos, products and such. To make this Apolyton logo, I got a Yahoo font from here and styled it to look like the original yahoo logo.

Great web's fonts!

Another one (in spanish, but easy to find the fonts):

http://www.letramania.com/

Choose a key to see the fonts...

Good examples:

Attachment: tipos_letra.gif
This has been downloaded 34 time(s).

Skanky Burns

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Aug 2001
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15-04-2003 15:37

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Those are some nice fonts.

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Dec 2000
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15-04-2003 15:46

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15-04-2003 16:37

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Re: Question for Photoshop Hackers

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quote:
Originally posted by monkspider
Something that I frequently see done at this site is change the letters in a word while still retaining the same style and font. For example, a while back Ixnay created an Apolyton logo that had the same style as "Yahoo!". Can any give me general directions on how to do this?

First of all, you need the typefaces. Experience helps you to tell what typefaces have been used. Now, there are a lot of cheap or even free ones that are pretty good approximations of expensive brand name typefaces from Adobe, Bitstream, and such companies.

Secondly, you'd just make the text in that font (a font is a typeface with a particular size and attributes) and use that in your image.

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