Create Rough Edges To Outlined Text

[paul knight]

Hi Chaps,

I have converted some text to outlines and want to give the text some rough edging to give it an organic feel.

An example of the effect I would like to achieve is shown on the image below.

What is the best way to achieve / create this kind of effect?

Any help / ideas would be awesome.

Paul.

[postrophe]

Hi

Why not start with a Google search : old typewriter fonts

Pierre

[paul knight]

Because I want to learn how to do it myself and not just buy a font otherwise I would have done a google search.

Also this is an Ai forum where people want to learn how to do stuff not just use somebody else's work.

[Monika Gause]

Please show your text.

There are a couple of possibilities and this might not be a one-click solution.

In Illustrator:

- Scribble effect

- roughen effect

- some of the Photoshop effects and then trace it afterwards to get vector paths again

In Photoshop:

- distort it with whatever is appropriate and then place in Illustrator to trace it.

You might want to show us how far you got on your own so far.

You might want to search for tutorials on how to get Grunge effects

[paul knight]

Thanks Monika.  I'll have a look at those suggestions and see how I get on.

[Jacob Bugge · Accepted solution]

Paul,

It may be too little distortion in itself, but how about (starting with (one or more)) Distort&Transform>Roughen with low Size and high Detail, applied to the live Type so you can edit the text?

[paul knight]

Thanks Jacob.

[Jacob Bugge]

For my part you are welcome, Paul.