Question about Baskerville Old Face

[m6543m85]

Hello. I wanted to replace Baskerville Old Face "i" dot with star. Does its forbidden in license?

[jane-e]

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@m6543m85 wrote:

Hello. I wanted to replace Baskerville Old Face "i" dot with star. Does its forbidden in license?

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Hi

Baskerville Old Face is from Linotype

https://www.linotype.com/341732/baskerville-old-face-standard-product.html

Here's what LinoType says in part:

"You agree not to adapt, modify, alter, translate, convert, or otherwise change the Font Software, or to create Derivative Works from the Font Software or any portion thereof. You further agree not to use the Font Software in connection with software and/or hardware which create Derivative Works of such Font Software."

https://www.linotype.com/2061-33472/font-software-for-applications-license-agreement.html

I don't know if drawing a star over the dot applies, as I am not a lawyer.

Jane

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[m6543m85]

i don't want to edit .ttf file. I only want to add star on png image

[Trevor.Dennis]

Do you mean you want to modify the .ttf file so that it always shows a star over the lower case 'i' or do you want to do this in a particular image document?   If the former then I really think that's a no, but you can definitely do it in your image, or even all of your images.   

It's an odd situation because if all of your artwork was published with the star over the lower case i character, then no one would have any way of knowing if it was an edit to the image or to the .ttf file.

[m6543m85]

i want to change it only on logo as png file

[Trevor.Dennis]

That's perfectly fine.  It's your art and you can do whatever you want with it.

Under the Type menu chose Convert to Shape

Your text will now have a path around it

Choose the Direct Selection tool (the white arrow) and drag a box around the 'dot you want to delete.

You'll see that the points around the dot are solid, meaning they are selected.  The points around the rest of the 'i' are outline and NOT selected.  

Hit the Delete key and the dot will be gone

Select the Polygone Shape tool

In the Options Bar click on the little cog icon

Choose the number of sides (mine is set to 5)

Make sure Symetrical is checked

Give it a Star Ratio  Lower values make pointed stars.  Higher values make fat stars.

Drag out your star.  The example below used a star ratio of 40%

You can experiment with the other settings.

Note:  I recommend that you do not have the shape layer containing text selected when making the Star.  If you do the star will be added to the same layer making it more difficult to edit.  With the star on its own layer you can use Free Transform to change its size, and the move to to adjust its position.

To keep things tidy, when you have the text and star dot as you want them, Select both layers, right click and Make Smart Object.  You can edit it any time by double clicking the smart object.

Good luck.

[Trevor.Dennis]

If you are comfortable with this, when you convert Type layes to Shape layers you can edit the text the same as any other shape layer.  The Direct Selection tool is the obvious tool to use, but you are better off using the Pen tool.

With the Pen tool selected hold down the Ctrl (Cmd) key which will switch to the Direct Selection tool.

Drag a window around the shape you want to edit, and its points will appear as below.  The big advantage of using the Pen tool is that you can automatically add and delete points.  Can you see the tiny + next to the pen icon?

If I add a point and hold down the Ctrl key again, I can now drag that point

At the moment that point is curved.  That is the default.  However, if I hold down the Alt (Opt) key and click that point, it becomes a sharp corner.  

It's an incredibly useful Photoshop skill and worth the effort to learn it.  The best tutorials I know on the subject are a series of five by Mike Hoffman.  You can find the other four videos in the series linked next to this video after watching it.