June 20, 2008, Newsletter Issue #147: Dry Transfer Type

Tip of the Week

Yes, it still exists. In fact you can have any type you design made into dry transfer by the Letraset folks. In designing roughs or thumbnails, I often use a sheet of tracing paper over a sheet of dry transfer to play with direction and placement of type. This helps me visualize type in the layout. If I find develop something worth pursuing, I can either try to replicate it on the computer, or use the dry transfer and scan it in to the layout as a graphic.

Remember to trace lightly, or youŽll end up losing that letter or number on the sheet to your light table!

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