JR Logo: 15 points-in class New Document JR-Logo (Use your initials) Defaults OK

Ellipse/circle  Fill—anything (not black), no stroke  1.38

Add initials---choose a sans serif font  Choose Type tool and type “JR”:  Use your initials then select the text  Choose a bold 100pt sans serif, but NOT what I used.

Character Rotation  Explain  Be sure it’s on: If you don’t see the expanded Character panel, click next to the word Character in the control area.

Rotation  Select the J using the Type tool  Choose Character Rotation and set it to 30 degrees:  You: Do similar for the “R”  Should look:

Kern: What does it do?  By -100 Next:

Align circle and JR on their centers  We want Center of JR centered on center of ellipse  Open Align panel (next slide) .

Center……you figure out OR use control area

Pathfinder Side trip!  Draw an ellipse  Draw second ellipse, overlap a bit  Pathfinder  Exclude overlap Back to JR…

Center….result Want to cut out the overlapping shapes:

Cut out…  Zoom in  Q: What shape is on top? Text or ellipse?  Open Pathfinder  Use Exclude overlap  The resulting color will be the color of the top object (The text…black) Select both objects Might need: Layers, click on actual art work (would see blue boxes below)  Choose Shape Modes> Exclude

Symbols  Find Logo Elements library  Drop person with child on the logo:

Center  Center the symbol and the ellipse  And then do the exclude again.  Result:

New ellipse  Any color  No fill  2.3 x 2.3

Type on a path:  Choose the Type on a path tool  Make font be your sans serif font /24 points  Click on an path of the new circle  Type “JR Foundation” (your initials)

Type on Path… Main bracket…move it and watch what happens

Center the text  Slide the right-most bracket so the text is centered: (You may have to reselect the ellipse)  Click away to : Rotation still on?

Result:

Move to Bottom  Rotate the text around using bracket (This may not be necessary, mine didn’t)

Drag  Result: Group all

Fill and stroke  Is now a single shape (group)  Fill with color of your choice: I chose cyan: Orange stroke, 2 pt (complementary colors)

Fill: Dark Blue:

Add a Pentagon  Q: How many sides?  Use Polygon tool…find it  Dimensions:  Radius 2.8”  5 sides  …too big

Resize  Use transform  Use  W:3 in  H:2.85 in

Fixit  Drag the polygon on top of logo  It covers the logo…what’s the solution?

Align Centers  Horizontal and vertical.

One more exclusion (Pathfinder) Select all, then: May have to ungroup, reselect, Exclude

Almost there…

Add Drop shadow…60% opacity Add a path using pencil tool Type: Logo by …your name, impact, 48 pt Crop Print color