Hold ‘Shift’ when you do it otherwise the handles can go anywhere.ġ5. Make sure your handles are perfectly aligned to the horizontal line of the top of the box.

These handles are movable and allow you to manipulate the shape. As soon as you do it, an anchor point will appear with two handles on either side of it. Go on the top of the shape of the outer box and click on the exact point where the box is touching the boundary of O. Use Ctrl+U (Command+U) or go over to the View tab and from the dropdown menu, switch on the Smart Guides.ġ4. But if you rather use your regular Pen tool, that’s fine. It’s a plugin from AstituteGraphics that makes it easier to use the Pen tool. Now, working with the shape, I don’t use the Pen tool. You’ll have to practice a lot to master it. This will create guides that you can switch on or off.ġ2.Ěll we need to do now is, place the anchor points where needed and pull the handles in a way that gives us the shape that we need.

Highlight the whole letter now containing both boxes and press Ctrl+5 (Command+5). Before we start with the method, it's important, for those of you who don’t know it, to become familiarized with it.ġ1. The purpose behind sharper boundaries is less artistic and more practical: we want to be able to easily see where we put our dots and lines.Ħ. It’s easier and more efficient than ‘undoing’ the many steps.ĥ.ěring down the opacity of the logotype image to about 10% to make the boundaries of the shape look sharper and clearer. The purpose of the multiple layers is to have a backup ready if you want to go a few steps back in your process. I have named one layer 'Template' and the other ‘Vector’. Now, create a group of layers in the document. I’ll open an A4 simply because I feel comfortable with it. If it makes you think, 'How does the designer know where to put the anchor points to achieve a certain shape?' That’s what I’m going to show you today.ģ.ğirst, open a new document file.

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