Typophile - Vector Patterns for Currency, etc. - Comments

Maybe this thread can

umlautthoni — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:22:26 -0800

Maybe this thread can help:

thanks, guys. there was

ChuckGroth — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:31:47 -0800

thanks, guys.

there was actually a pretty longish thread before, and a lot of people had some great tips on using the blend to create the patterns. but, like i said, i can’t find the precise node. but i do appreciate your ideas; i didn’t know about the plugin.

Try Object/Transform/Scale

bojev — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:16:36 -0800

Try Object/Transform/Scale (or whatever) and Copy in transform . Thus one curve becomes many and can be scaled, slanted etc . Command D repeats the transformation.

From my history there are

Asvetic — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:38:50 -0800

From my history there are these:
http://typophile.com/node/30432 and http://typophile.com/node/20517

As far as Tutorials: the best I can suggest at this point is, using simple lines and the Object>Blend tool, you can achieve some rather basic but similar effects. layering these effects can create a more complicated looking design. Also, you might be able to use the pattern brush to create a border as well. It’ll just take some experimenting to get the desired effect. Also, remember lines in a blend can be manipulated (either adding points, curves or even changing the position.)

Hope that helps.

Here are two more rather

David Hubner — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:58:42 -0800

Here are two more rather related threads titled ’Engaved Patterns (Banknotes & Stocks)’, and ’Gullioche Pattern’, on Typophile.

Dav(id)

Not remembering the actual

David Hubner — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:40:13 -0800

Not remembering the actual thread, but you may very well find the following post (and related links) on my blog on ’Guilloche’ interesting: for.ma/blog/?p=89.

Dav(id)

Vector Patterns for Currency, etc.

ChuckGroth — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:01:16 -0800

Sorry to be one of those guys who needs help finding a thread, but a while back, we had a discussion (and even a demo, if I remember correctly) regarding ornate “spirograph” patterns created in Illustrator, such as you might find on currency or certificates. Anyone remember the thread? I’ve done about a dozen searches.
Thanks!