This ‘E’ is set in Didot, with a color palette of cream, orange, pink and white. I’ve used the Pen Tool (P) to create arrow embellishments, and the Ellipse Tool (L) to create a polka dot effect. This ‘S’ uses a bold color combination of cream, mustard, pink and green. Here are a few other letter designs I created using the same technique. All you have to do is adjust the decorative elements on top to complete the effect. You can easily change the letter and preserve the colors and effects by typing in a different letter into the text frame. Your decorative letter is finished! Great job! You can also use the Ellipse Tool (L) to create quick and easy polka dot decorations for your design. You can Edit > Copy, Edit > Paste shapes and flip or rotate them by Right-Clicking > Transform. Tweak the other options until you’re happy with the effect. As before, set the Choke to 100%, and Source to Center. Go to Object > Effects > Inner Glow to add an inner color to the shape. Give your shape a contrasting Fill Color (here, cyan) from the Swatches panel. …and go to Object > Paths > Join to unite shapes. Use the Scissors Tool (C) to cut away unwanted parts of shapes… Here, I’ve used the Ellipse Tool (L) to draw a circle over the top of the letter, meeting the curved line I’ve already created, creating a simple tear shape where the two shapes meet. You can combine shapes to create decorative elements. To tweak the shape of your drawing, use the Smooth Tool to smooth out kinks, and the Direct Selection Tool (A) to directly select anchor points and adjust their position. Use the Pen Tool (P) to create curved elements, holding down your cursor to create curved lines, and allowing the shape of the letter to guide the design.
You can add extra decorative elements to your letter by using the drawing tools in InDesign’s Tools panel, which is docked to the left-hand side of the workspace. This will add a highlight shadow to the outside of your letter.Īdjust the Mode to Normal, and you can either keep the Effect Color set to the default (white) swatch, or choose a different contrasting swatch.Īdd about 20% Noise and increase the Spread to 100%, before clicking OK to exit the window. Increase the Spread to 100% and add about 10% Noise.Ĭlick on Outer Glow in the Effects window menu. Tweak the Distance, Angle and Size until you’re happy with the position of the shadow. This will add a colored shadow to the outside of your letter.Ĭhoose a contrasting color for the Effect Color. You can tweak the Size of the glow depending on the size of your text.Ĭlick on the Drop Shadow option at the top of the Effects window’s left-hand menu. Here I’ve gone for red.īack in the Effects window, under the Options section below, set the Technique to Precise, Source to Center, Choke to 100% and Noise to 20%. From here, you can choose one of your color swatches to apply to the glow. This will add an inner color to your letter.Ĭlick on the colored square to the right of the mode menu at the top of the window that opens. Select the letter by highlighting it with your Type Tool cursor, or use the Selection Tool (V, Escape) to select the text frame. For this particular design, I’m going to use four of the default colors already provided in the Swatches panel.īut if you’d like to use different colors for your design, you can create new swatches by selecting New Color Swatch from the Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches).
You’ll need a palette of four color swatches to create your decorative letter.
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UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: 50 Million+ Fonts & Design Assets DOWNLOAD NOW Make sure the Font Size is generous, here I’ve increased it to 600 pt*. Type in your letter, here ‘C’, and set the Font to your chosen style (here, Didot Bold) from either the Controls panel running along the top of the workspace or the Character panel (Window > Type & Tables > Character). Click OK to create your document.īegin by using the Type Tool (T) to create a large text frame in the center of the page. Here, I’ll be working on an A3 single page. Open up InDesign and go to File > New > Document.Ĭreate a new document to any size you prefer.
*You can adapt the design to a letter of your choice simply follow the same steps below, tweaking details to suit your letter choice. For the lettering designs pictured here, I’ve used Didot (Bold) and Mr Darcy (Regular). Serif fonts with a more traditional style tend to work best with this vintage-inspired look. What You’ll Need to Create Your Decorative LetterĪll you need is access to Adobe InDesign and a font of your choice.
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