Illustrator Type Magic [Paperback]

Greg Simsic (Author)

Book Description

Series: Magic | Publication Date: June 1997

Following the same format as the highly successful Photoshop Type Magic, this book provides the over 500,000 Illustrator users with step-by-step instructions on creating a dazzling array of type effects.
-- Step-by-step instructions and full-color screen shots illustrate each type effect
-- A visual feast and creative inspiration for typographers, designers, and Illustrator users
-- CD-ROM includes editable versions of the Magic type treatments, filters, plug-ins, add-on software, and more

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

You can't learn how to create spectacular effects in Adobe Illustrator without a good book or a guru by your side. If you don't have an expert at your immediate disposal, your best bet is Illustrator Type Magic. This attractive guide shows you in full color exactly how to create a wide range of fun and odd type effects in Adobe Illustrator 7.0 for Windows and Macintosh.

The effects, arranged alphabetically, have names that reflect their appearance--Accordion, Gradients, Jumbled, Splattered, and so on. Author Greg Simsic shows you how to create every effect and provides helpful illustrations, screen shots, and an introductory guide to Illustrator. Several of the effects are more complicated than others and involve the use of Illustrator's masking tools; a few others require the use of third-party effects filters, which are on the included hybrid CD. The CD also contains fonts, images, and demo versions of Illustrator and other Adobe software packages.

From Library Journal

In some sense, Illustrator is an interface for Postscript, a text printing language, all of which means that the real power of Illustrator is found in its ability to manipulate text. Making text follow the outline of a wine glass is easy in Illustrator and almost impossible in many other programs. Usually, folks will create their text in Illustrator and then import it as a bitmap into Photoshop. Simic's book works from the illustration backwards through all the steps needed to create the effect. A very practical, very useful book.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hayden Books (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568303343
• ISBN-13: 978-1568303345
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,802,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Choice for Learning the Basics of Illustrator, October 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Illustrator Type Magic (Paperback)

As with the rest of the "Magic" series of graphic program books by Hayden, "Illustrator Type Magic" makes it easy to learn some great effects and features while creating something fun.

The book is laid out showing various effects, and each effect is then broken out in a step-by-step format. Choose the specific type effect that suits your need or mood, and follow the directions to create it; Forget that you're "secretly" learning new commands and capabilities of the program...It's just a good time to you! For the totally inexperienced user, the beginning of the book features an absolutley barebones/basic guide to bring you up to speed quickly.

Though not recommended as something that will make seasoned Ilustrator professionals jump for joy, this book will give the new and/or casual user a good introduction to many of the effects, filters, and features which lie beneath the program's serious exterior.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Looking to make cool types with Illustrator??, January 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Illustrator Type Magic (Paperback)

Hello my name is Johnathan Mark Smith from 1HOSTPLUS.COM and as a web design I am always looking for cool ways to make new types for logos and web sites I how to make. After reading this book I now know how to make alot more types then before. If you are looking to learn how to make magic type in illustrator then this is the book for you