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Multiple color fonts via overlay
Posted by newbieutt in
22 Jun 2012 — 10:32am
22 Jun 2012 — 10:32am
Hey everybody,
Fonts are single-color. Differently colored outlines or filled-in sections (the hole in the capitol 'P', for example) could be created via the use of two fonts, one or both being useless without the other.
Are there any common such font pairs out there that I should know about, or is this something that I would have to request from someone/build myself?
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22 Jun 2012 — 10:49am
There are countless. It depends on the style you need/want.
Just three that comes to my mind: Rosewood, History, Geotica.
22 Jun 2012 — 11:17am
That's good to hear! Thanks.
Does the second font share the first font's name? I'm not sure how to look this up exactly.
22 Jun 2012 — 12:12pm
Often it depends on the effect. Rosewood and the like, for example, often use the word “fill” for the “secondary” font. More complex effects call for more creative names.
You could look for “chromatic” as a keyword, but, as I said, it depends on the style you’re looking for.
22 Jun 2012 — 2:08pm
Some faces, like Peter Wiegel's Moebius have outlines and fills in the same file; one in upper and the other in lower case.
23 Jun 2012 — 8:13am
I saw this in a recent mailing from MyFonts.com. The font is Brownstone Sans.
I'm not sure how the effect is achieved, but my guess is that you set your headline using filled-in characters, then create a duplicate text box on top of it, and then in the upper box you change some of the filled-in characters for alternates that aren't filled in. And you make the upper text box a different color.
23 Jun 2012 — 8:24am
FontMesa has a large number of such fonts.
www.fontmesa.com
http://www.myfonts.com/foundry/FontMesa/
Including:
Cactus Sandwich, GilleClassic, Gold Stndard, HomeStyle.
MainStrike, Mavericks, Mesa Pointe. RedDogSaloon, RioMesa.
RodeoClown, RoughRiders, Saddlery, SaloonGirl, Stampede,
Taqueria, Timepiece, WildRide
23 Jun 2012 — 2:19pm
Madame is a very complex example with multiple layers.