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Illustrator Plugin: Live Pen

[Editor’s note: This plugin looks useful to illustrators wanting a more free form calligraphic touch for their artwork. Plugin allows variable width strokes along existing artwork objects in Adobe Illustrator. PC-only at present. If you’ve used it, please leave a comment on this post. Screenshots below detail work flow.]

Republished from Zero-one.
Visit their site to get demo version of plugin.

Typography and calligraphy rediscovery!

Simple plug-in help you get rich typography and calligraphy in a few click. Now available for Adobe Illustrator CS, CS2 and CS3. [Editor’s note: will prob. work in CS4, too.]

Live Pen features include:

  • Digital natural drawing
  • Moving Pen Anchor
  • Simple adding or deleting Pen Anchor
  • Pens library
  • Minimal anchor after expanding
  • Smooth integration

Create your first calligraphy stroke with Live Pen

World-New Features

Digital Natural Drawing

Moving Pen Anchor

Simple Adding or Deleting Pen Anchor

Pens Library

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2 Responses to “Illustrator Plugin: Live Pen”

  1. John Wundes says:
    March 22, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    Wow,
    This is incredible for us font designers. Thanks for the heads up. This is a “must-buy” for me.
    Keep up the great blogging,
    -J

  2. Justin Putney says:
    March 23, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    Cool tool!