Full Version: true type font
From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#1]
11 Apr 2007
To: ALL
I have a customer that wants me to put his company name and website on his stainless steel parts. It is in Denmark truetype font. One line is standard and one line is italicized. When I highlight the text in Corel I cannot italicize the text.
Is there something special to italicize true type font or do you have to download another type set that is italicized.
I can't seem to find an italicized one. I did download the regular Denmark truetype font and it works fine. I just need to italicize a section.
Jeff
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2]
11 Apr 2007
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#1] 11 Apr 2007
I think you can "skew" a vertical font and make it italicized. I've done that in Illustrator, but don't know if that's a function of CorelDraw.
From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#3]
11 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2] 11 Apr 2007
i'll look into that. I'm kinda burnt now will have to try again tomorrow.
Thanks
Jeff
From: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#4]
11 Apr 2007
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#1] 11 Apr 2007
I can help!!! (it's so rare I have a solution, usual I'm just all questions!)
When you have your text typed, click the Pick tool on the text twice. You will get a bunch of arrows around your text. Pick the doublended arrow at the top and then just drag it slightly to the right. That will give your text and italicized slant.
Let me know if this worked out for you!!
Thanks
Becky
From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#5]
12 Apr 2007
To: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#4] 12 Apr 2007
Thanks Becky and Dave
I will try your way Becky, but the skew function under Arrange/Transformations/Skew worked perfectly. Sounds like Becky's way is a shortcut to that.
Jeff
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#6]
12 Apr 2007
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#5] 12 Apr 2007
You went from being "kinda burnt", to getting it handled.
What a difference a day makes. :-)
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#7]
12 Apr 2007
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#5] 12 Apr 2007
Sounds like the skew was good enough this time. For future reference Truetype fonts do have seperate fonts files for each variation. Usually a regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. Sometimes there's more variations (ie: demi, thin, etc...). Sometimes there's just the single font file and you have to make up the bold/italic, etc... by methods like you used here.
When people use word processors or page layout programs they always are presented with bold and italic buttons they can click. If the font doesn't have the other variations then that program simply makes the regular font look bold or italic using similar techniques to what you used. High end graphics programs often don't have those faux bold and italic modes built in, so you either need to use fonts with multiple files, or do the faux bold/italic yourself manually.
From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#8]
12 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#6] 12 Apr 2007
No doubt about it on this forum there is more information here than any class can ever teach you. I appreciate it very much
Jeff
From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#9]
12 Apr 2007
To: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#7] 12 Apr 2007
Thanks Dave
I looked everywhere for a ttf called Denmark in italics and couldn't seem to find it.
When I used the skew function it matched the customers tag perfectly so I went with it
Always something these days I tell ya.
Jeff
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#10]
12 Apr 2007
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#9] 12 Apr 2007
From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#11]
12 Apr 2007
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#10] 12 Apr 2007
In this particular case all it contains is the company name and underneath it is the website
The font is Denmark but the website info had an italicized look. I would post a copy but do not have it in front of me at this time.
Thanks
Jeff