Letters for superman shield?

[suzsh]

I have a superman shield, but I'm looking for letters to fit in it. I want to make some party favors, with the kids initial in the shield. I can probably find the general font, but how can I squoosh it and shape the letter to fit in the shield?

[firstcut]

Molding letters like this is an advanced graphic technique that you would need to do in Inkscape or Illustrator. It has a pretty big learning curve. Best bet would be to just use the general shape and then enlarge the letters so they more or less fill the shape without reshaping them. Or, you could hand draw them, scan them in and then trace them in SCAL.

[TheLadyWolf]

This one seems like a good challege for me! I will try that in inkscape and see what I can come up with.

[firstcut]

Amanda,
yo go girl! Here's a thread that might help. Hope you have better luck than I did.
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic. ... 28&p=22230

[TheLadyWolf]

I am now working on letter N now! I got A to M already... Found a trick on Photoshop... it's not exact but pretty close, good for parties...

[suzsh]

I am soooooooo excited to see what you have come up with! Thank you both of you!

[TheLadyWolf]

It's now on my blog. I hope they're acceptable. I learned few new things today! One is that Superman's Shield letter is not an actual font. After some searching, I found a font that could work. Then learned how to distort them into the shield. I just kept it simple. Like my motto that's playing in my head, "Keep It Simple Stupid"

[pennsylvaniakate]

Wow, those turned out so great!

[suzsh]

You ROCK! Seriously - thank you so much!!

[firstcut]

Nice Job LadyWolf. Now that I see what you did, I think this could be done with the perspective extension in Inkscape.