Re: [artworks] Variable width lines
- From: Jim Nagel <aw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:11:54 GMT
Martin Wuerthner wrote on 17 Nov:
> The point about variable width lines is that you still have an
> ordinary editable line that just happens to have a variable width
> profile applied as opposed to the constant line width offered by Draw
> or ArtWorks at the moment. So, you can still edit the actual line and
> change its width profile at any time.
As it happens, I too was wishing for exactly such a feature in the
past few days. I was sent a large scan of some hand-drawn lettering
and decided to trace it to make it into a much smaller vector file.
The strokes of the hand-drawn letters naturally vary a bit in width,
so the Artworks result looks a bit clinical (though it is a big
improvement for use at small sizes). (260K became 13K.)
File is here, with original scan as a background layer:
www.abbeypress.net/00temp/mary-michael-logo.zip
I thought I'd try making a copy of the scanned lettering and place it
directly over the first copy (maybe on a separate layer, temporarily
in a different colour to make it easier to distinguish), then slightly
tweak the Bézier control points to fatten a stroke here and there on
one side or the other.
Gave up when I realized the exercise might be fun but would take more
time than the job was worth. (Slightly complicating factor is that
the lettering is in a circular logo.)
But might this approach work?
I've never designed a font, but it makes me wonder how a font editor
manages variable-width strokes to achieve a consistent design.
--
Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk
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