- [Instructor] Adding a ligature to your logo
can be a very effective way of introducing some flair.
And it can be something as simple and as subtle as this
or perhaps something a bit more involved like this.
A ligature - two or more characters that are fused together.
So let's see how we do this.
Start with type, right click, create outlines.
Then ungroup the results
so that you can move the letters independently.
De-select, re-select the S and move that back
so that it overlaps the R.
Now I'm going to zoom in to the join,
and come to my outline view mode,
so that I can better evaluate how that's working or not.
That's about as good as I'm going to get it actually.
So I'm going to select both letters
and then with the shape builder tool,
I can option or alt and click
on any areas that I want to subtract
and then with what remains,
I will swipe over those overlapping shapes
to join them together.
Now I have some bumps
and I'll try and smooth those out with the smooth tool
just by dragging along that segment.
And here I have too many anchor points.
So with my pen tool,
I'm going to click on those that I don't want
to delete them.
I now need to convert this one that remains.
To do that, I'll hold down the option or alt key
and I'll drag from the anchor point,
and as I do so I can introduce a curve.
Now let's zoom out and see how that looks
in the context of the whole ligature.
Let's come back to preview.
It needs a little bit more finessing,
but that's essentially more of the same,
just working on those anchor points
to make sure that we have a nice, smooth join.