Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video 722 Spelling a word in computer keys, part of Deke's Techniques.
- [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you how…to take your computer keys and use them…to actually spell out a word, which…isn't really all that complicated…at this point, but there are a couple of tricks associated…with scaling your art board, and scaling your letters.…Alright, so you can choose your poison here…as to what typeface you want to use.…VAG is the old font for the MacBook Pro,…and you can find a variation on that font…at Typekit if you like, so here we're looking…at VAG Rundschrift, I guess is how it's pronounced,…I don't know German, so don't rely on me.…
Meanwhile, if you want to match modern MacBook…keyboards, then you want to go with San Francisco…right here, which Apple currently makes…available for download for free,…so you do have to go searching for it.…In any event, I'm gonna start with VAG,…because it's old school.…And I'm gonna start things off by just reminding you…that the size of this square is 360…points in either direction.…Meanwhile, if I were to switch to the Artboard Tool,…which you can get by pressing Shift-O,…
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1/19/2021Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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