Inverted Rounded Corner Rectangles (Incut Rectangles)

**steve.ledger** · 13 April 2009, 10:29 PM

Nice presentation Frank. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

**Big Frank** · 13 April 2009, 10:51 PM

Just seemed to me nobody actually understood the OP's problem which wasn't how to subtract circles from a box, but how to stop the resulting corners getting stretched when changing the size of the shape. Presentation is what I do well. Make the most of it, my cards are marked http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/m...ticons7/32.gif

**MEB** · 14 April 2009, 12:53 AM

Agree, nice touch!
The script font is great, very clear. Which font have you used?

**Big Frank** · 14 April 2009, 01:13 AM

It's called "Segoe Print". I like it for presentation because it, in addition to the torn note pad sheet, adds a human quality to the content, yet is eminently legible. It's a Microsoft official font and is shipped with Vista. If you want it for free you get it if you download Windows 7 beta:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...aspx?FMID=1631

**MEB** · 14 April 2009, 01:36 AM

Thank you for the info Frank. Already working to get it...

**Boy** · 14 April 2009, 08:27 AM

Big Frank, this is a great technique and it also works with regular rounded boxes, after you convert the box to editable shapes.

It even works in Web Designer too (very useful when using rounded text panels etc.), but you have to first convert the box by selecting Arrange/Combine Shapes/Add Shapes.

**Albacore** · 14 April 2009, 09:28 AM

I know it is not so accurate but why did no one state the obvious. After doing the Ctrl+Shift+S and if you have your constraint angle set at 45 then Ctrl+drag the nodes around saves a lot of time.