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I have access to Fontlab, and need to modify the Eurostile Bold font in the following way:
I need to create a Bolder version that can be placed behind the original font, to create the illusion of an outline around the original font. I also need it to kern the same as the original font so all characters in a sentence will look consistent.
This is to be used as dynamic text in Flash, so unfortunately its not like I can just create a new stroked version of the original font, as art, and use it.
I've spent a great deal of time playing with the various transform characteristics and outline settings and am pretty much in hell. Has anyone in this tribe done this before? Care to share some advice?
Thanks in advance.
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I need to create a Bolder version that can be placed behind the original font, to create the illusion of an outline around the original font. I also need it to kern the same as the original font so all characters in a sentence will look consistent.
This is to be used as dynamic text in Flash, so unfortunately its not like I can just create a new stroked version of the original font, as art, and use it.
I've spent a great deal of time playing with the various transform characteristics and outline settings and am pretty much in hell. Has anyone in this tribe done this before? Care to share some advice?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Any Fontlab users out there?
Sat, December 17, 2005 - 7:50 AMFrom what it sounds like, you might find it easier to simply outline Eurostile within a drawing program like Illustrator and send the artwork in AI or EPS format to Flash.
I would only go to the trouble of creating a outlined version of a font if I had large passages of text to display in that manner. And then that wouldn't be a very practical thing either. Body copy is best set in normal, unaltered typefaces to preserve readability. Typefaces with effects applied are best used only on headlines. -
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Re: Any Fontlab users out there?
Sat, December 17, 2005 - 10:44 PMDid you read my original post? In Flash, the text field these fonts will be used in is dynamic. This negates the ability to use a drawing program to use the text as art.
The type in question is for use in a game environment, so while I generally agree with the rest of your post, in this case its not really relevant. This text will be a numeric value, which changes based on whatever a player's score may be at a given moment. The stroke is key to set it off from whatever may be going on behind the text. Without it the text doesn't read as well.
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Re: Any Fontlab users out there?
Sun, December 18, 2005 - 8:13 PMDoesn't Flash give you some ability to stroke or outline active text?
If that isn't possible you'll have to have two layers of active type set on top of each other (otherwise the inner part of that bolder font would be knocked out negative). There are some fonts that feature separate fill and outline weights with proper kerning. Unfortunately Eurostile isn't one of them. House Industries House Gothic has a cool 3D set with separate fill and block shadow weights, but it likely doesn't come close to fitting the look you require. -
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Re: Any Fontlab users out there?
Sun, December 18, 2005 - 10:57 PM> Doesn't Flash give you some ability to stroke or outline active text?
This would be news to me. I'd personally love it if they added this.
> If that isn't possible you'll have to have two layers of active type set on top of each other...
Yes, thats what I'm trying to do. (please see my original post)
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