EXERCISE 6 | PREPARING YOUR LETTERING PROJECT WITHOUT VECTORIZATION
While a logo must be vectorized, as mentioned in the diagram detailing the digitization process for a lettering piece (page 113), a lettering project that is used as an illustration can be:
• vectorized in Illustrator and then imported into Photoshop as a Smart Object in order to retain the vectorization; “placed” into a Photoshop file; or imported as a png file, which will be pixelated (the Smart Object will make it possible to modify the lettering piece at any point in Illustrator and to see the modifications appear immediately in Photoshop as well, as soon as the file is updated there); or
• penciled or inked in order to keep the original look of the piece, and then scanned ...
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