How to Design a Happy New Year Illustrator Card with the Flare Tool?

I just wanted to say happy new year everybody. Hopping good new year for all of us. 
I had designed this card few days ago for that occasion if you like it just go down and read more. 
You can go also for illustrator tips to read more about the Symbols and Symbolism Tool.

A card designed with Illustrator 

How to Design ?

Create Your Own Fonts with Illustrator

You can create your own fonts and type with illustrator,by some tricks. In the diagram you can see that I create four different shapes from the same type. It is easy to do .Just use some illustrator options. If you like that topic, just go for read more. I hope you will find it clear and useful.

Illustrator Fonts

HOW TO MAKE THAT ARTWORK?   

Illustrator

Open new illustrator document .

1. Select the Type Tool ,select a simple type of fonts ,and start to write what you like .
2. Select the type with the selection tool .Put the fill color to black and white stroke 2 pt .
3. Go to the Object menu and select  Expand .Object - Expand .
4. Select the type again then go again to the Object menu then choose Path  then choose offset path.. Object-Path -Offset path.. Choose offset=5  , Joins -Miter  and  Miter limit to 7 .
5. Click  OK.
6. Open the stroke panel from the window menu. 

For the type modification number 1  
Nothing  more to add , just repeat the step number 4 to add the thickness you like.


For the type modification number 2
Go to the stroke panel and choose dashed line with align stroke to center with the option dash to 8 and gap to 4.


For the type modification number 3
Do the same ,but put the align stroke to inside.  




For the type modification number 4
Do the same ,but put the align stroke to outside.


THANKS
MR
Manal Raafat