TD Europa Sans Caps Proc Font Advanced by ThreeDee

One word:
GENIUS!!!

And this is the font letters as texture overlay

This is done with the Retro Ovals by Mardar

With this I am not telling to use this against the authors usage rank gain, BUT would be really a pity NOT to use this as a source for other many possible effects that can now be possible and could be like a revolution in the way things can be done.

The FF lifesaver in this fonts style shaped, although this is too rough and can be made more defined and better

I hope that ThreeDee allows and agrees to be able to use his wonderful creation for OTHER uses outside of JUST using the filter as it is.

This should get a nobel prize in... Filter forging?

As to inputting custom text, I find it easiest to do the following:

First select all points and drag the Offset Y slider to pull them all down to zero

Zoom up twice and scroll the view to the beginning of the curve.

Select one point at a time, start dragging it up and then hold down shift which contrains the motion and look at the preview render to see the letter change until it is correct.

Deselect current point and do previous step with next point.

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Other possibilities include:

Select one point at a time and use the Offset Y slider to select the letter.

or

Make a list of what numbers correspond to what letters and type in the numbers in the Offset Y number input field.

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Morgantao: This should get a nobel prize in... Filter forging?

I think you have started a revolution in filter making and agree totally with Morgantao in that you deserve to get a nobel prize in Filter Forging This a very clever and amazing way that you have found to do it. At least you deserve a Editor´s pick.

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ThreeDee wrote: When I get a chance, I'll add numbers to the character set.

Oh, yes, to complete the excellence this would be also great and very good add to the filter. I suposse that those will come AFTER the letter Z or at the beginning.

Here is a bigger detail of the above heart example

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ThreeDee wrote: Make a list of what numbers correspond to what letters and type in the numbers in the Offset Y number input field.

Well here is the list with the corresponding numbers below, I have made it big so you can print it if you want or need.

Waahhhhhhh, this is wowcakes!

*Head launches into space*

Hey SpaceRay, thanks for the Y value table, this will save time for all of us!

ThreeDee, I love how you implement a curve as a control for something that is totaly not curvy
Your great method can be used for so much more than text input! You implement the curve to control color, rotation, size, etc. on anything you like.

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Quote Spaceray wrote:On some presets I could not change the letters and on others I could change them without problem. ThreeDee wrote: Right, I forgot to mention that you'll have to set the "ABC/Sample/Rnd/Custom" slider at "Custom" (4), the others give you the alphabets, or the "FilterForgedCustom..." text, or random letters.

Oh, sorry I was wrong and did not understand the meaning of the first slider at first, Now I have seen that

FIRST SETTING OF THE FILTER IS AS FOLLOWS

1 - ABC - Gives the whole alphabet but you can´t change it

2 - Gives a SAMPLE example like the ones on the presets but you can´t change it

3 - Makes RANDOM letters appear to fill the place you have defined with the settings but you can´t change it

4 - Allows you to make CUSTOM text designs and enter your own text as you want it.

PRESETS HAVE CORRESPONDING SETTINGS TO THE ABOVE AS FOLLOWS

PRESET 1 = ABC

PRESET 2 = SAMPLE

PRESET 3 = RANDOM

PRESET 4 = CUSTOM This is the only one you can change and customize

PRESET 5 = ABC ( LARGE LETTERS)

PRESET 6 = ABC ( BOLD LETTERS)

PRESET 7 = ABC ( THIN LETTERS)

PRESET 8 = SAMPLE

PRESET 9 = SAMPLE

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Mardar wrote: SpaceRay, love what you did with my Retro Ovals. Very clever.

Glad you like it. I found your good filter in my list and thought that I could test the fonts as source trying different settings and experimenting with the connections and see which one could work right.

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Morgantao wrote: Your great method can be used for so much more than text input! You implement the curve to control color, rotation, size, etc. on anything you like.

Can this be used to other things than this text input ????? Please, could you be so kind to explain more HOW this could be used in others ways ? Thanks.

You can stretch the output with the Scale component. That way you can get plenty more variety in letter styles. Or make it italic with Offset or Lookup.

This could also be used as typographic pattern texture with LOTS of letters making a big grid filled with them.

HOW TO GET 2500 RANDOM LETTERS in a 2000x2000 image ?

Well, is very easy,

just put the first selector in the number 3,

then put in settings letters per line = 10,

and then using the Size,pixels slider reduce the value to about 400 (less than half than the original value of 2000) and you will see that the screen is instantly filled with thousands of letters (in my case is 50x50 letters = 2500).

To end you can use the Variation slider to choose which random collection you

I have originally configured the new image at 2000x2000 for this one but you can ALSO do it after. Although you can choose the size that you would like.

Also you can configure the other settings as you wish,here are my own settings I have used for the example below that are EXACTLY THE SAME settings as PRESET 4.



So if you want this same settings just use the preset 4 and then ONLY change the first slider from 4 to 3.

If you want bigger letters as final result, just rise the resolution and you will have bigger letters.

I have choosen to make it random letter because is the easiest way, BUT you can ALSO use words instead of random letters

Here below is the result that is not complete, is the most part of it.

VERY IMPORTANT
DO NOT FORGET TO SAVE YOUR OWN WORDS AS A PRESET OR YOU WILL LOOSE THEM

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Morgantao wrote: One example off the top of my head is you can have a square made of tiles. You could adapt the curve method to control the color of each tile. Basically, in this example, the X value would be the selected tile, and the Y value will be the color. Another example: Suppose you have a bunch of shapes scattered arond the image. You can use the curve to rotate each shape individualy.

Morgantao, thanks for your examples BUT what you have told here, I am sorry to tell that sounds like quantum physics for me Perhaps for you is easy but not at all for me, BUT do not worry and bother to explain it more as I will not understand it anyway.

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ThreeDee wrote: You can stretch the output with the Scale component. That way you can get plenty more variety in letter styles. Or make it italic with Offset or Lookup.

Oh, yes, great idea and is true that this would get you even more variety and possible styles. Very good.

HERE below is another example of the above with the Size Pixels slider with a higher value to have bigger letters and less lines, and less words.

Making some more experiments I have done this to use this filter as a snippet.

Do you recognize it Morgantao ?

It's an Alphabet Pit

some folks are just too damn good at this i opened this one up, 3D. VERY clever! messy, but very clever! i'm still figuring out parts of it, like near the end and how you separated out the letters, but i think i see it. but using the curves to manipulate which letter...brilliant!

I do not know if anyone is interested in having this filter as a snippet to be able to use it in your filters (without being able to choose the fonts with the curve editor)

I have modified this filter so you can use it as letters shapes and this is how I have been able to use it with the excellent and awesome Gradients Circles by Skybase as shown here above and also this one below here

See below at the end and example made using directly this same filter without any modification

Once again I want to give thanks and congratulate ThreeDee for having made this filter, (can´t give enough thanks ) as now this has also help me a lot to make my new filter of Shapes Collage as making this 28 shapes with bomber it becomes very cmplex and difficult to manage.

So now I have been able to use this gem of filter in two very different ways

Also want to put here that a variation of the examples shown above with the letters is already available in the FF Filter Library

Alphabet Texture Creator

And the extended version with more options and much more customization

Alphabet Texture Creator Extended

JOKE WITH PRESET 4

Here below I have written a text using the preset 4 and modify the first letter and add some more at the end