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The completed blue-filled rectangle
The final TOLL map symbol with a drop shadow
FERSTER
Pencil & Pen Paths
Using Drawing Tools to Edit Paths
Overview: Draw freeform paths with the Pencil tool; switch to the Pen tool for
straight line and Bézier curves; use modifier keys to change tools and access Re-
shape Segment cursor for editing paths.
When illustrator and designer Gary Ferster needed to create a trade show
menu for Intuit Inc., he decided to use a combination of Pencil and Pen tools,
along with the Reshape Segment cursor.
1 Drawing with the Pencil (N) and Pen tool (P). Ferster decided to use the Pencil
tool to start the top fins of the fish. Double-clicking the Pencil tool he adjust-
ed Fidelity and confirmed that the “Keep selected” and “Edit selected” op-
tions were enabled. With the Pencil tool he drew the left lobe of the top fin.
To attach a jagged edge to his selected path, he pressed the P key to switch to
the Pen tool and clicked on the last point of his pencil path. Watching his
rubber-band preview, he clicked to create his first segment, continuing to
click to place the next point until he'd formed the jagged edge. To draw the
front edge of the fin, he pressed the N key to switch back to the Pencil tool
and (starting from the last anchor point) drew the front downward section of
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