How do I make a curly brace?
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From: katyp on 30 May 2008 10:22 On May 29, 2:51 am, kasper.hjo...(a)gmail.com wrote: > I would like to make a curly brace, to indicate that something is > related. > In LaTeX it would be an \overbrace . > > My problem is that I do not know how. I can make one using { and } in > some font and size, but I would like one that I can manipulate in any > direction, without the thickness increasing/decreasing. > > While I'm at it, I could also use one that denotes a length of > something, like a horizontal line with two short vertical lines at > each end. > > Thanks! I would just type one out in the font I want at the standard size, and then covert the font to outlines and use the white arrow tool to move the points to the length I want to make them more custom. Maybe that is not the correct answer to your issue, but it would be how I would solve that problem. As for the horizontal line, I would draw a line the length I want and the make two short vertical lines to put on the ends of that line and group them together.
From: carrie on 30 May 2008 12:02 "katyp" <kphilips(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:d5c6ae85-e316-4df7-b261-e95651e77222(a)m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > On May 29, 2:51 am, kasper.hjo...(a)gmail.com wrote: >> I would like to make a curly brace, to indicate that something is >> related. >> In LaTeX it would be an \overbrace . >> >> My problem is that I do not know how. I can make one using { and } in >> some font and size, but I would like one that I can manipulate in any >> direction, without the thickness increasing/decreasing. >> >> While I'm at it, I could also use one that denotes a length of >> something, like a horizontal line with two short vertical lines at >> each end. >> >> Thanks! > > I would just type one out in the font I want at the standard size, and > then covert the font to outlines and use the white arrow tool to move > the points to the length I want to make them more custom. Maybe that > is not the correct answer to your issue, but it would be how I would > solve that problem. As for the horizontal line, I would draw a line > the length I want and the make two short vertical lines to put on the > ends of that line and group them together. I might be totally off (I just found this group, I've been attempting to learn AI for awhile now) but I would just draw it with a pen or marker and scan it (LOL) I mean if a person has to go through so much, and maybe the program doesn't even DO it the way they want. After scanning the drawing, maybe Live Trace could be used to make it look more like computer art and not a plain old drawing?
From: YourBin on 30 May 2008 16:27 carrie schreef: > "katyp" <kphilips(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:d5c6ae85-e316-4df7-b261-e95651e77222(a)m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... >> On May 29, 2:51 am, kasper.hjo...(a)gmail.com wrote: >>> I would like to make a curly brace, to indicate that something is >>> related. >>> In LaTeX it would be an \overbrace . >>> >>> My problem is that I do not know how. I can make one using { and } in >>> some font and size, but I would like one that I can manipulate in any >>> direction, without the thickness increasing/decreasing. >>> >>> While I'm at it, I could also use one that denotes a length of >>> something, like a horizontal line with two short vertical lines at >>> each end. >>> >>> Thanks! >> I would just type one out in the font I want at the standard size, and >> then covert the font to outlines and use the white arrow tool to move >> the points to the length I want to make them more custom. Maybe that >> is not the correct answer to your issue, but it would be how I would >> solve that problem. As for the horizontal line, I would draw a line >> the length I want and the make two short vertical lines to put on the >> ends of that line and group them together. > > I might be totally off (I just found this group, I've been attempting to > learn AI for awhile now) but I would just draw it with a pen or marker and > scan it (LOL) > I mean if a person has to go through so much, and maybe the program doesn't > even DO it the way they want. > After scanning the drawing, maybe Live Trace could be used to make it look > more like computer art and not a plain old drawing? > > > I would just make the bracket (typing/outlinines or draw it) and make a brush.
From: morattico on 16 Jun 2008 13:13
On May 29, 3:51 am, kasper.hjo...(a)gmail.com wrote: > I would like to make a curly brace, to indicate that something is > related. > In LaTeX it would be an \overbrace . > > My problem is that I do not know how. I can make one using { and } in > some font and size, but I would like one that I can manipulate in any > direction, without the thickness increasing/decreasing. > > While I'm at it, I could also use one that denotes a length of > something, like a horizontal line with two short vertical lines at > each end. > > Thanks! I had luck making the curly brace in PowerPoint and then cutting and pasting. It helped to get the size about right in PowerPoint first, but it still resized nicely in Illustrator. |