The Thanksgiving holiday…. the perfect time to catch up on wedding related projects, no? A long time ago, I promised a nifty Illustrator trick. I think it’s time for me to deliver.If you happen to be a quiz kid on Illustrator, this probably won’t interest you. (Just a fair warning!)
When I received my wedding invitations, I immediately fell in love with the font. Due to budgeting reasons I had decided to DIY the rest of my paper projects, and I just had to know the name of the font that was used. I wanted everything to coordinate! (Turns out the scripty font is Bickham Script Pro as identified by a helpful former knottie!)
When I used the font, however, the characters did not appear in their full, curvy glory.

Although it is a lovely script, it didn’t have the same pizzaz as my wedding invitations. How the heck did the designer make those beautiful curves? Turns out, it’s much easier than I could have imagined:
In Illustrator (or InDesign) one can access glyphs of certain fonts. Glyphs are variations of each character within a font. To access them in either program, choose the type command and then your font. On the main tool bar go to Type>Glyphs. A separate window filled with characters should pop up. You can then choose whatever variation you want!
(For a free trial version of Illustrator click here. For InDesign, click here.)
I thought this was a nifty trick for customizing your stationery. Hope it helps someone!
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