NEW! The Web Graphics Creator - by Laughingbird Software

The Web Graphics Creator
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are Windows and Mac OSX compatible!!

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More products from Laughingbird Software :

The Logo Creator
(Create terrific logos in minutes!)

The Corporate Identity Creator
(Create quality business cards and letterhead in full color!)

The Flash Ad Creator
(Animated ad banners and modifiable eMail campaign images)

Website and Flash Templates
(pre-designed website and flash templates that you can customize)

Using the built in Shapes font

Tutorial by Marc Sylvester
www.thelogocreator.com

There is an embedded font in The Art Creator called "Shapes".

Select or create some text. On the left, you'll see the Format button.

Pull down the 2nd font menu to select The Logo Creator's built in fonts. (The top menu contains your computer's system fonts and any other fonts you download from the net).

Select the Shapes font (all fonts are listed alphabetically.)

Once you have this 'shapes font' selected, use your keyboard and type in the following to see what shapes appear.Create multiple logo design shapes by altering the gradients and various colors and outlines of the shapes!

To find the Shapes font: Choose the FORMAT button after clicking on some text.

Choose the SHAPES Font as shown below. (When the font menu appears, you can type the letter "S" to jump to the fonts that begin with the letter S.

Shapes Font

Type in the letter C. This will create a Circle. You can then apply an outline, gradient, drop shadow and more to the circle. Anything you can do with Text, you can do with shapes using the Shapes font.

shapes font

Typing the letter "c" produces a circle

By using various gradients (select "Color Attributes" after setting your shape) a multitude of different shapes can be made. Instant logo design shapes!

o is an oval

s is a square (uppercase "S" for curved corners)

r is a rectangle (R for curved corners)

t and T are right triangles

y and Y are isosceles triangles

The number 1 for the hand-drawn stars from grade-school (try it out with outline)

" ! " for the same star, but a solid center

2 for 20 pointed star

3 to 9 for that many pointed star

shift + 3 to 9 for more acutely pointed stars

@ for sharper 20 pointed star

- (the minus sign) for horizontal line (making it rotatable will allow generation of angled lines)

| (that's the "pipe" character usually found under the RETURN or ENTER keys) for vertical line (making it rotatable will allow generation of angled lines)

b for bicycle chain link (increase character spacing)

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Visit the official sites of our other Laughingbird Software products:
The Corporate Identity Creator (Business Card and Letterhead software ), Laughingbird.com (Web site templates),
Create Animated Ad Banners with The Flash Ad Creator
and create terrific looking logos with The Logo Creator

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