#Disco bubble letters font professional
#Disco bubble letters font series

Drag this stroke underneath the fill in the Appearance panel. By default the stroke appears on top of the fill, which means you can see the outline of each letter. Alter the fill to the light beige hue (#f3e1c8), then apply the dark blue outline colour (#374160) as a stroke. Make sure you have the Appearance panel visible, as that’s where we’ll be doing all the work for this method. Rewind right back to the start where we had a neat piece of type in an editable text element. Here’s an alternative approach that makes use of just the Appearance panel by layering a variety of fills and strokes. Any edits to the wording would mean recreating it from scratch. This method of building a design out of shapes is my natural process, but it permanently produces the artwork. Nudge it down and right twice without holding the Shift key this time. Select them all and use the Pathfinder panel to Unite them.Ĭopy and Paste in Back a duplicate of this element, then give it the same pale green fill colour (#92aba3). The last colour for this artwork is a pale green of #92aba3.Īll the main letters have been separated with the Ungroup command earlier. Make sure each new stripe is offset by an equal number of nudges downwards and to the right to keep the striped effect aligned. Repeat the process of pasting a duplicate with the CMD+B shortcut, then alter the colour (#e4ba7d browny-yellow this time) and nudge it into place to continue the striped effect. Make a copy the whole blend element and paste in back a duplicate.Īlter the fill colour to a red from the palette (#d55239), then hold Shift and nudge the outline twice the distance so it extends the layout. Head back to Object > Blend > Blend Options and alter the settings to Specified Steps and enter a high value to effectively create a smooth transition between the shapes. Make a selection of both blue shapes, then create a blend under the Object > Blend > Make menu. Hold the Shift key while nudging the duplicate down and right. Select just the blue outline then hit Copy (CMD+C) and Paste in Back (CMD+B). Right click and choose Ungroup to separate the elements. If you deselect and select the element again, both items will be selected. Place this blue outline below the beige text by selecting the Arrange > Send To Back menu.īy default the offset path is grouped with the main text. Use the Pathfinder panel to merge all the individual letter outlines into one continuous shape using the Unite button. Give this new outline a dark blue fill colour of #374160. Go to Object > Path > Offset Path and enter 10px to produce a wider outline around the type. I mix and matched the colours from a couple of palettes from ColourLovers, named Old T-Shirt and I Need Your Love. I’ll cover an alternative approach later which preserves the live text, but right click and choose Create Outlines on this text element.Ĭhange the fill colour to a light beige hue (#f3e1c8).

#Disco bubble letters font series

Out of habit, I tend to outline my type in order to then apply a series of modifications.

Enter -7° with the Vertical option checked.

Give the text a bit of extra flair with a Shear transformation (Object > Transform > Shear).

Make any necessary kerning adjustments by placing the cursor between the relevant letters, then use the ALT and left/right cursor keys to alter the gap. One of the telltale details that distinguishes custom hand-lettering from a basic font is the repetition of characters, but the alternate glyphs available in OpenType enabled fonts allow you to reduce any uniformity with different letter styles. Highlight each character in turn and cycle through the various glyphs available to produce a totally unique type design. The wonderful OpenType features of alternate characters allows you to completely customise your type so each letter is composed perfectly with the next. Set your chosen wording with the Type tool in a new Illustrator document to see the font in its default form.

#Disco bubble letters font professional

The secret ingredient for creating beautiful script type, aside than becoming a hand-lettering master, is to use a quality premium typeface which contains professional OpenType features. To finish off the artwork, we’ll use those Washed & Worn textures to make the type look like a classic t-shirt. My example uses the word Renegade, set in a lovely bulbous script font, with a series of alternating rainbow stripes with a nostalgic palette of muted hues. The artwork we’ll be creating in this tutorial is a retro type design in the style of 70s brand logos that feature the striped trend from the era.

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