Turn on your smart guides (view > smart guides) to make the process easier by ‘snapping’ to anchor points. Using the pen tool, add shaded areas based on where your light source is coming from.Send this copy to the back and color as desired. Repeat the same steps from earlier: blend, object > expand, unite. Create an additional copy at an angle opposite the 3D portion of your letter (this is for your shadow). Create another copy of the top text and place it where the angled copy was placed earlier.Object > expand, then hit the ‘unite’ icon in the pathfinder palette to finish the smooth transition from the top copy to the angled one. Create a blend from one of the top copies to the copy at an angle. Use your blend tool with ‘specified steps’ selected and use a large number (I used 75).Create a copy at an angle to begin creating the depth of your letters. With your text selected, type > create outlines.Type your letters – if it’s your first time, choose letters without curves first, since it becomes far more complex when they’re introduced.Here’s a written overview of what we did in the video! Novecento Sans Wide (normal weight used).Mega Paint Streak Pack (streak no.17 used).In this week’s tutorial, I’m sharing my method of creating that signage typography look using Illustrator! Pin it for later!Ĭreate Dimensional Signage Typography in Adobe Illustrator I love how the typography looks 3D and oftentimes has a long shadow, extending in the opposite direction. One shadow type project I’ve been working to perfect is dimensional signage typography. I’m constantly reminded of how lucky we are to have a program like Adobe Illustrator, making things in seconds that once took hours.
What’s most impressive is the consistency and creativity with all of that 3D type, perfectly executed by hand. I’ve broken the hardcover spine with all of the times I’ve paged through, sticky noted the tops of others and left it flat open, absorbing as much as possible.
One of my favorite typography books is Shadow Type by Steven Heller + Louise Fili.
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