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Fonts

The fonts on graphicxtras are the same as any font you have on your machine: Verdana, Times New Roman, etc. Our fonts are decorative / designs and can be used with many different applications such as Word, Apple Pages, Keynote, etc. The designs are all vectors so can be used to any size

Installation of fonts on PC

On the PC, please use the control panel and the fonts to add / install new true type fonts. Point the install new font option to the true type font(s) select, and add the fonts to the Window's fonts menu. The fonts will then be usable in many different applications.

If you are on Vista, you can also right click the true type TTF font and then the install option will appear.

vista install

Installation of fonts on OS X

On the mac, please consult with the system documentation. I would suggest using the Font Book application found in the applications folder.

1) Go to finder

2) Open new finder window or double click the HD

3) Go to the applications folder

4) Go to the FONT BOOK application

5) Start

6) File > Add Fonts ...

7) Open to the folder containing the fonts and select

8) Click Open

9) Font is then added to the user collection

10) Access the font design via the normal font drop down of any application

11) To access some of the designs (other than those via the keyboard) follow the additional steps

12) Click the keyboard icon on the far right of the finder menu

13) Dropdown menu

14) Show character palette

15) Consult documentation further how to access the designs (please note, most are just available via A B C etc of the keyboard

EPS designs

All the sets include similar EPS (postscript)

Accessing EPS files

Use the file > open command to open the EPS or AI designs. Or use place or import depending on the application.

placing of eps designs

Cross platform

The fonts / typefaces + EPS files can be used on a PC as well as in OS X, they are standard true type TTF fonts / EPS designs. AI is the standard Illustrator format files and can be used in many different applications. You can also always quickly convert the designs from EPS or AI to a PSP preset shape or PNG or JPG or PSD format (use the image processor in Photoshop to do this to many EPS files) OR perhaps obtain a viewer / convertor tool, there are many available free on the web via google etc

Access

Access the characters via the keyboard, simply press A B C etc, most of the characters are available via the keyboard either upper or lower case; use the charmap or fontbook etc utility to access the others or use the various number combos to activate them

1) Start application

2) Select the type / text tool (as you would type A B C etc in the document or application as normal)

3) Go to the font / type dropdown and select the size and the font (GX Arches etc) as you would Verdana or Times New Roman

4) Type A or B etc (the font sets come with a gallery showing the relation between the design and character)

Custom shapes

The true type TTF font characters can be converted into custom shapes in Photoshop®, also you can apply layer styles to them, rasterize the text etc and apply effects and designs. Overlap characters, overlay characters and much more

Convert text to outline

Each application uses text as a design element in a different way, you may wish to convert text to outline or turn the font character (or characters) into a shape. Please note that some applications have this feature (such as Illustrator) and others do not. This may or may not be an issue when you come to print documents etc (some applications embed the font designs and some don't) It is always recommend that you check this before printing documents etc

Characters

The characters can be used either as a single character or combine characters.

3D applications

Use the text in 3D applications such as Typestry or Carrara or various plugins such as Hot Text or 3D words or also in various 3D text applications.

Fonts in Photoshop and Photoshop® Elements

Fonts can be used as a source for 1000s of designs in Photoshop. The fonts / designs can be accessed via the type tool. Once selected, set the font to one of the design fonts and apply the text as you would type A B C etc. The font design can be used as a custom shape / path, fills can be applied, the text can be applied as a selection, layer effects can be applied and much more. The font designs can also be converted into a custom shape and saved to the custom shapes palette for future use. The font design can be modified as well using the standard warp / transform tools or points tools. The font design can also be saved as a Photoshop brush or Photoshop pattern etc

1) Type tool

2) Apply the tool, create a design (say type A)

3) Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object (if you want to use it as a smart object)

4) Layer > Type > Convert to shape (if you wish to save it to the custom shapes palette for future use)

Fonts in Illustrator®

Use the true type TTF font / characters in Illustrator, apply graphic styles, warp, distort, etc. If you are using Illustrator 10, you can also use a text plugin (from graphicxtras) to manipulate text in 1000s and 1000s of different ways

Fonts and DTP / Word

The characters / fonts can be used in many different applications such as Quark as well as word / clip art

1) Start word

2) Go to the font menu

3) Select the design font 'GX ...'

4) Type as you would A B C (if you wish to check the designs, the charmap is a useful tool)

To access charmap on the PC

5) Start menu > charmap

6) Select font etc and display characters / select and copy

Fonts in Painter

Use in Painter™ , as a layer, apply dynamic floater plugin effects, apply blurs, tweak as shapes and more.

Fonts in Paint Shop Pro®

Use in Paint Shop Pro®, converted to shapes and apply materials, gradients, patterns to the text shapes. The font sets are now basically replacements for the preset shapes on graphicxtras.com

1) Open document or new

2) Go to the tools palette

3) Select text tool

4) The bar at the top of PSP will change, select the font, the size etc as required

5) Select a fill color etc

6) Click document in required location with the text tool

7) Type text as you would A B C

8) Click apply

If you wish to save the design as a Paint Shop Pro preset shape

9) Right click current selected shape

10) Convert text to curves (as single shape)

You may wish to rename the shape to something unique

11) Go to the layer palette

12) Select the vector design you have just created

13) Double click the name (s) displayed and rename to something unique .. say 'GX_Heart_...'

14) Set stroke etc

15) OK

You can now easily save this preset shape via the file menu to a preset shape for future use

16) File > Export > Shape

Fonts in Apple® Pages / Keynote / Numbers (iWorks®)

The designs can prove useful in Apple's Pages etc applications.

1) Start Pages

2) Open document etc

3) Click text box

4) Type to enter text (as normal)

5) Change font via the font dropdown to one of the graphicxtras fonts

6) Set size etc

7) Set color of design

8) Go to the inspector and select text

9) Set character spacing etc as required

EPS designs in Pages etc

Use the insert > choose to add those to the document as well as via the text

Font use

Use them for creating designs on mugs, t-shirts, CD covers, books, magazine covers, in scrapbooking, as clip art in a Word document, rubber stamps, video effects, and others

Fontographer / FontLab™

Use these applications to further manipulate the true type font / characters for personal use fonts. There are also many other font applications that can prove useful in the development of fonts (CorelDraw also).

On purchase

Purchase via secure paypal. You will be sent a link to download the software. Please download the software / presets and make a backup to CD DVD etc. Any questions, issues with installation, please contact us for help

About Graphicxtras.com

Graphicxtras.com is a website for royalty-free content and exciting hi-impact plug-in effects. All the content has been created by graphicxtras.com (Andrew Buckle) for use in commercial as well as hobby designs. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact me. You can also call me on (UK +44) 1622 688 375. Privacy: details are not sent onto any third party. All purchases are via paypal (or shareit.com). This is the official source of all graphicxtras.com material, however, you can also purchase the items on a number of scrapbooking sites as well