August 2015 Video Tutorial -- Typesetting With Xara

[stygg2003]

Thanks for the tip Gary.

Stygg

[Gare]

@stygg and @Frances—

Nice work. I'm happy you could fold this tip into your respective talent sets!

-G

[Gare]

Here's sort of a riff on "hiding the character with transparency".



Tracking in Xara is performed by highlighting a character and then increasing or decreasing the tracking value up on the Infobar. Tracking affects the space between the character you highlight with thew Text tool, and the character(s) directly to the right of the highlighted character. This can make a "locked rings" effect if two "o"s are in your text; use other character to create novel text mash-ups.

You can also hide the two characters, create duplicates, press Ctrl+Shift+S to make the text into shapes and then add the shapes to get a different text look.



Now you have another trick to create future logos for new clients (such as Google).

Or not.

My Best,

Gary

[stygg2003]

Another good trick with text Gary, thanks very much, all sorts of possibilities with this one, I could turn the top Look into a search engine

Stygg

[Gare]

Another good trick with text Gary, thanks very much, all sorts of possibilities with this one, I could turn the top Look into a search engine

Stygg

How would you turn the "look" example into "Bing", stygg?

[Ron Duke]

I think he means as a "title" for a search engine, Gare.

[stygg2003]

How would you turn the "look" example into "Bing", stygg?

We could change it to bingo as a search engine title as Ron pointed out. The emphasis being on the "go"

Stygg

[Gare]

I was kidding.
I was kidding.

I got it in one, guys. "Look. Google."

It's all good.

:)

-g

[stygg2003]

Good one Gary At least it made me think of what could I do with bing ?

Stygg

[sunhome]

Gary Priester & Gary David Bouton both of you have been excellent teachers, thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge by working on XaraXone!