You can create a hand inked look in Adobe Photoshop, then replicate this process in Adobe Illustrator using an opacity mask and a vectorized scatter brush. This allows you to retain the artwork as 100% vectors.
- [Instructor] Welcome to Type Tips. … I'm Nigel French. … There are numerous ways to create a hand-inked … or distressed look to your text in Photoshop. … One of my favorite ways is to paint in the type … using a layer mask, … and in this episode of Type Tips, … I want to quickly show you that technique, … but I also want to show you how to do the equivalent … in Illustrator so that the artwork remains entirely vectors. … And what's more, … I'll be painting in Illustrator … using a Photoshop brush or at least a vector brush … that is derived from a Photoshop brush. … So I'm starting here in Photoshop … and I'm going to place, as a linked smart object, my text … that was created in Illustrator. … In this instance, I'm going to crop to the art box. … I'll press return to commit to that. … So to this vector smart object layer, … I'm going to add a layer mask … by holding down the option key and clicking … on the add mask icon. … That mask is black, … so it's obscuring everything. … I'll tap b to go to my brush tool …
Author
Nigel French
Updated
10/19/2020Released
3/5/2018Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Desert island type7m 30s
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Introduction
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Welcome42s
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March 2018
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Extreme drop caps16m 7s
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Working with pull quotes10m 48s
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Designing on a diagonal grid7m 57s
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Golden ratio5m 24s
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April 2018
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Creating a word search8m 50s
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Color fonts3m 28s
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Working with picture fonts8m 10s
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May 2018
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Designing with variable type6m 22s
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June 2018
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Text wrap effects6m 40s
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Optical type sizing4m 1s
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July 2018
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Creating info boxes11m 15s
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August 2018
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Using the Chartwell font5m 29s
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Five tips to better tables8m 58s
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September 2018
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Create a listings page6m 19s
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October 2018
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Photographing Type2m 38s
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November 2018
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Sans Forgetica1m 41s
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December 2018
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Metrics vs. optical kerning7m 34s
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Autogenerated captions8m 1s
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January 2019
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Optical vertical centering4m 13s
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February 2019
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March 2019
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Tracking tips4m 57s
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Adding flush spaces2m 35s
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April 2019
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Creating mirrored folios4m 11s
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Monospace type3m 9s
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May 2019
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Adding a shaded shadow5m 11s
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June 2019
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Knockout text2m 44s
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July 2019
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The Glyphs panel6m 53s
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August 2019
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"Nut" or stacked fractions2m 16s
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September 2019
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Creating a travel book cover9m 15s
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October 2019
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November 2019
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December 2019
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Typesetting a quote4m 33s
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January 2020
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Numbers in circles6m 22s
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BLOKK8m 17s
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Stroke7m 3s
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February 2020
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Spacing after a headline3m 14s
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Typographic map9m 31s
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Ornaments7m 20s
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Word spacing6m 19s
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March 2020
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Catchwords1m 39s
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Text wrap spacing3m 10s
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Infographic4m 33s
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April 2020
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Create a Victorian type poster11m 51s
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May 2020
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Zero-width characters6m 8s
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June 2020
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July 2020
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Designing a product guide5m 53s
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August 2020
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September 2020
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Creating shaped text7m 48s
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Using a dotless i1m 33s
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October 2020
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Video: Creating hand-inked text in Photoshop and Illustrator