Chunky Chocolate Text Mini Tutorial

**angelize** · 06 April 2009, 03:21 AM

Any large blocky font will do. I substituted Berlin Sans FB Demi.

**Big Frank** · 06 April 2009, 10:22 AM

I'm using a font called Aardvark and there's a similar font called ACMEFont and they are both ideal for this concept.

When in doubt run round to DaFonts - they are bound to have a decent block font for the purpose.

**Big Frank** · 06 April 2009, 01:06 PM

Here's my chocolate. Didn't use Roberto's tutorial because of the 3D filter that I use in XXP4. But that creates its own problems. Making two objects in 3D in XXP4 and making them look like they are part of the same object (e.g. a screw and a screw head) at any angle other than side on is a very, very complicated task. I intended to create the chocolate top half and the base in XXP4 and then slide them together to make it look like a complete bar of chocolate, but I found that was bordering on the impossible with the meagre 24 hours I have in a day, so in the end I cut my losses and used good old Xara to draw the base. I spotted another problem/bug/flaw there, but I'll create a new thread for that.

Anyway, here's my bar of chocolate

**wizard509** · 06 April 2009, 01:20 PM

Thanks for your help everyone.
I made my computer sit in the corner all night and think about it, and it worked surprisingly enough (Simply restarting didn't).This morning I was able to install the fonts fine.

**wizard509** · 06 April 2009, 01:21 PM

Frank,
I think your chocolate bar looks Great!

**Big Frank** · 06 April 2009, 01:23 PM

Thanks Larry! Now your fonts are installed, I can't wait to see yours!

**wizard509** · 06 April 2009, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by angelize

Any large blocky font will do. I substituted Berlin Sans FB Demi.

I had thought of that Frances and was going use a different font but the missing font in the turorial had the top line messed up which for some reason bothered me. Ah well lesson learned, don't sweat the small stuff, and get on with it.