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How to color type in three easy steps

Responding to our

Design Talk

post about the LiebeDoni typeface, reader

Jackie Ponderosa asked what tool or feature we used to color in the fonts to

create the stained-glass look. It’s easy in InDesign:

To color,

set your type, select its text frame,

then go to

Type > Create Outlines,

which

changes the font into a static drawing:

Simply delectable

A (small) taste of Italy

LiebeDoni

is a straightforward hand-rendering of Bodoni Black, but without Bodoni’s

filets, which are the curved fills that join stem to serif (below, left). It comes in a solid

version and a rather entertaining outlined version (above). The fun is in its more than

600 glyphs, which are alternate characters, swashes (above) and ligatures (below).

Cafe!

Go to

Object > Paths > Release Compound:

Click on each filled shape, then color:

�½

�½ A B �½

LiebeDoni

Bodoni

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