Distressed or Cracked Effect on Vector Shapes

**Holger** · 17 October 2009, 01:43 PM

sounds to me like if someone should urgently switch off his ironic filter software...

**masque** · 17 October 2009, 02:27 PM

We obviously need an irony icon

**Albacore** · 19 October 2009, 11:09 AM

How about an apology icon. SORRY about the mistake when jumping in and nor really reading the thread that's what I get just clicking on "New Posts"!

**Holger** · 20 January 2010, 05:50 PM

Concerning cracked fonts, the web design blog has just released a fine collection as linklist:

http://garcya.us/blog/20-free-grunge...m_medium=email

**DigitalJeweler** · 20 June 2011, 12:38 AM

I'm just seeing this now...How would you go about creating a brush like it was shown. I found a font called Social Animal on DaFont that I love but want to use that look for a vector shape/logo I did. Here's a look at their font...Any ideas? I'm using DP6. Thanks!

Mark

**Soquili** · 20 June 2011, 01:18 AM

You would not use a brush but you would need to create a vector shape with many nodes. You would also need to subtract areas within the shape to create the distressed look.

The attached images show the nodes used to create the letter A within the Social Animal font. TrueType, OpenType, and Type 1 fonts are actually vector shapes.

**DigitalJeweler** · 21 June 2011, 06:23 PM

Thanks Bill, it looks like a bit more work to create that random brush than I thought. I was looking for a quick and dirty brush that I convert line to shape and ctrl 4 and go. It's eventually going on a tshirt as well as website etc.