How to get this simple "embossed" effect?

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May 11, 2018
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I'd like to take a "fleuron" (a printer's "squiggle") from a type family and give it a subtle 3D/embossed effect. This is a screenshot of the outcome I have in mind.

Obviously, the key is a light stroke here and there on the top side, and a dark stroke here and there on the bottom side.

Can anyone tell me how to do that?

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Ray Yorkshire

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Maybe follow this tutorial

How to Create the Bevel & Emboss effects for editable text in Adobe Illustrator - Astute Graphics

Monika Gause

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Apply two more fills to the object via the appearance panel.

One of them in a lighter color, the other one in a darker color.

Apply the transform effect to each of those files. Move one fill to the top left and the other oe to the bottom right using its transform effect.

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