- [Instructor] How to create letter forms
made from overlapping brushstrokes.
We're going to start out with a very thin typeface
because it's the closest that we can get
to it being a single stroke.
I also, before I get to the type need to create a pattern.
So my pattern is nothing more than alternating colors.
And to make this into an art brush
I'm simply going to drag it onto the brushes panel.
And I'll accept these options.
Now, I'll choose my type and convert it to outlines.
I'll switch my fill and my stroke.
While this is very simple, it needs to be simpler still.
So I will ungroup.
And then I will release the compound parts
with my direct selection tool,
holding down the option or Alt key.
I'll click on the interior shape of the D and delete that.
Now, I'll switch to my scissors tool.
And I need to break the paths.
So with the D
I'm going to break it at the top and at the bottom.
Now, moving to the E,
I need to break it in several places
so that when we remove the pieces that we don't want,
all we are left with are single strokes.
In this case, they won't be connected though.
The horizontal center crossbar
will not be connected to the rest.
And it's a similar story with the F.
Now that I have nothing more than single strokes,
I can select them and I can apply my art brush to them.
When I do so, I will need to make a few adjustments.
These brush strokes are sent awaited.
So I need to compensate for that by adjusting
the height of the vertical stems on the D and the F.
So to aid me in doing that,
I'll just draw myself a couple of guides,
and then select that stroke on the D,
and bring that to meet the guides,
and then repeat that on the F.
Now, the thing is here, I think I also,
with the D just want to select that
and nudge it a little bit to the left.
We can change the stacking order
of these strokes that make up the letters.
So I'm going to select the vertical stroke on the D
and I'll bring that to the front.
Likewise, on the E and on the F.
And to bring things to the front
I was using the keyboard shortcut, Command + Shift
or Control + Shift, right square bracket.
We can also do it through the menus.