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Any graphic designers in here who can help me out. I am trying to create a brush which will repeat a pattern when applied to a curved line. the line i am trying to create looks like the cliff symbol in this link
I want to create the design so the dashes off the main line always have an equal spacing and are always perpendicular to the main line. Basically i have no idea where to start so any comments welcome
I have not really explained this very well i know, but if anyone is a whizz with illustrator (CS) or knows any good online turorials on such a topic your help would be much appreciated.
You dont need a brush to do this. Draw the curved line first - make it black. Then copy the line and paste it in front of the other line. Then get the text tool and click at one end of the line - that will make the topmost line into a textline. Then type capital I's using however many spaces in between each I.
You may need to play around to get the I's to appear on the correct side (i.e. on the inside of the curve) - its just a matter of clicking the text tool onto the correct place on the line - just trial and error...
Thats what I did when I needed to make a geomorphological map and it works perfectly.
Good luck!
FANTASTIC! That worked a treat. I must admit it's not a method i would ever have thought of, but if it works its all good by me 😀
Out of interest, any other ways of doing this? Or any suggestions on how to do such a line with a triangle rather than a small dash?
Hmmm - I dont know any other way of doing this - but I dont actually have Illustrator any more (I learnt this stuff years ago). You probably can make a brush or pen stroke but I have no idea how.
As for getting a triangle, try selecting the Wingdings3 font and typing either p or q (lowercase). At least, p and q give me triangles (q is rotated 180 degrees compared to p) using wingdings3. If wingdings3 doesnt work, try a different font that might have symbols...
Hope that works...
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