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Start with a blank document, create a Text Box with no fill and no outline, and type the word FREEZE, with the font Franklin Gothic Medium, sized 120 pt (1). Set the text color to White (2) which makes the text invisible over the white background, but not for long.
To change the page color, select ribbon Design › Page Color (3) and select a light blue color (4) from the Theme colors. In case you have a different theme and do not see this color, you can also use the More Colors option and enter this color manually – RGB 156, 194, 229.
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Let’s start by creating the stylized icicles. Although we will use the mouse cursor do draw our own shapes, there is no need for any kind of drawing skills. We will not be drawing, but shall be clicking instead.
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Select ribbon Insert › Shapes › Lines › Freeform (5). The basic workflow is described in the tutorial GLASS, check it out if you want to know more details. In short – you can either press and drag the mouse cursor to create freeform shapes, or you can just click around to create the object made from straight lines. The second option will be our case – not because icicles are angular, but because the selected font is, and it will fit together well. One thing to bear in mind – to close the shape (so it can have fill), click the first point again. Start with a fairly simple icicle – like (6), which is almost a triangle. Create it by clicking points highlighted in the preview (+), and close it by clicking the first point again. In order to have better precision, you can zoom in your view, or draw the icicle in a bigger size and resize it thereafter. The upper rectangular part of the icicle is there to simplify the positioning over the text. You will see it in a minute. To match the style of the text, set the fill color of the icicle to white and the line to No line. Freeze text effect
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