RuneScape Forum Archive | Prestigious Signature School 2

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¸·*ˆ¨..........Year Two..........¨ˆ*·¸
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Well done on graduating from Year 1. Year 2 is all about adding to what you've learned in Year 1, including making advanced borders, more complex signatures and even shading your signatures.

Year 2 lessons:

— – - Centering/Aligning
— – - Tweaking
— – - Advanced Borders
— – - The Censor
— – - Simple Shading

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20-Apr-2013 00:46:55 - Last edited on 19-Jan-2016 00:46:26 by Nop Rs

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¸·*ˆ¨.Centering/Aligning.¨ˆ*·¸

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''Centering'' or ''Aligning'' is a technique the professionals use to make their signatures
look expertly-crafted and tidy. Usually, this is done by using three characters:

- The apostrophy: ( ' ) - No alt code required
- The fat apostrophy: ( ‘ ) - ALT + 0145
- The period or full stop: ( . ) - No alt code required

Usually when you make a signature, you'll make a canvas of periods ( . ).

..............................|..............................|
..............................|..............................|
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Now, you should insert some text. Replace the middle-most character with the text.

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............................../Vop Pa†år..............................|
..............................|..............................|

Delete some periods (ALWAYS delete the same amount off both sides!)

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...................../Vop Pa†år.....................|
..............................|..............................|

Not lined up perfectly? Try substituting periods for one of the other symbols.

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‘‘‘‘‘|
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^ Here you can see the slight difference in length

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....................'/Vop Pa†år....................|
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You should also do this after you finish mirroring the signature, because the
characters that are put in the signature will change the alignment.

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20-Apr-2013 00:47:01 - Last edited on 19-Jan-2016 00:54:13 by Nop Rs

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¸·*ˆ¨.........'Tweaking'.........¨ˆ*·¸
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Most people don't like having repetative signatures, ones where there's just the same
wave repeated over and over and over again. So, we artists tweak these boring
signatures, and make them look 1000% better than what they did.

So, you'll have your boring signature:

¸‹•°*°•›„¸¸¸„‹•°*°•›„¸¸¸„‹•°*°•›¸
¸‹•°*°•›„¸¸¸„ ßóríñg „¸¸¸„‹•°*°•›¸
¸‹•°*°•›„¸¸¸„‹•°*°•›„¸¸¸„‹•°*°•›¸

Now to add some pizzaz. Cut waves, add waves, change waves, do anything you'd like!

`“'*•›„¸¸¸„‹·°”'´¯`'“°·›„¸¸¸„‹•*'”´
'›„¸¸¸'›„¸¸,.Ñót bóríñg.,¸¸„‹'¸¸¸„‹'
¸‹•°*°•›¸'›„¸¸¸„¤„¸¸¸„‹'¸‹•°*°•›¸

There's no limit on what you can do! It is very simple, so don't be frightened to ask
for a tweaking assignment.

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20-Apr-2013 00:47:07 - Last edited on 27-Apr-2013 17:48:49 by Nop Rs

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¸·*ˆ¨...'Advanced Borders'...¨ˆ*·¸
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Advanced borders are where your Centering/Aligning and Tweaking skills come in handy. You'll want to grab your regular, old, ugly border to start.

¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸
¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸
¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸

Now tweak it. Make it look cool.

¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´ˆ(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸
¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸¸¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸
¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´ˆ(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸

Tweak it a bit more, and “connect* some of the lines up by placing them above each
other, so they look like they're joined.

...................¸„‹•*´ˆ'(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸...................
.........¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸¸(TEXT)¸¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸.........
¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´(TEXT)`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸

Add some small decorations if necessary.

........\±/.......¸„‹•*´ˆ'(TEXT)ˆ`*•›„¸.......\±/........
.........¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸¸(TEXT)¸¸„‹•*´ˆ`*•›„¸.........
¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´ˆ¸„‹•*´'(TEXT)`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸ˆ`*•›„¸

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20-Apr-2013 00:47:15 - Last edited on 27-Apr-2013 17:51:20 by Nop Rs

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¸·*ˆ¨ ..... 'The Censor' ..... ¨ˆ*·¸
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Nobody likes the censor, it's the biggest plague to ever hit these forums. But, when you're in trouble, there are some ways to cure yourself of the evil censor monster.

The censor doesn't like my name, Nop.

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Oh no! Try to find any possible problems for your censor - in this case we know it's my name.

The simplest way to cure the censor when you know it's because of the text above/beneath it, is to use a "c". It almost always works, sometimes you'll have to use "(c)".

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In rare cases, like this one, doing this will only make it worse.

Sometimes this may be caused by words. When that happens you'll need to replace some letters with their clean/leet/messy counterparts, in order to cure the signature.

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20-Apr-2013 00:47:21 - Last edited on 01-Jun-2013 01:38:27 by Nop Rs

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¸·*ˆ¨ ... Simple Shading ... ¨ˆ*·¸
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Shading is another way to make your signature look professional, and to make it stand out from the rest.

Take a normal border, that has periods for spacing.

.................¸‹•™-¸..................(Text Here)..................¸-™•›¸.................
...¸•³.......¸´.........`¸...............(Text Here)...............¸´.........`¸.......³•¸...
...'›„¸¸¸„‹´...............`›„¸¸¸„.-´.(Text Here).`-.„¸¸¸„‹´...............`›„¸¸¸„‹'...

Now start replacing those periods with semi-colons ( ;;; ), colons ( ::: ), more periods ( ... ), and spaces ( ).
Arrange them from darkest to lightest where you want them, you can either shade outwards or inwards.

.....:::::;;;;; ¸‹•™-¸ .....:::::;;;;; ( Text Here) ;;;;;:::::..... ¸-™•›¸ ;;;;;:::::.....
.: ¸•³ ..:;; ¸´ ..::;;; `¸ ....::::;;;; (Text Here) ;;;;::::.... ¸´ ;;;::.. `¸ ;;:.. ³•¸ :.
.: '›„¸¸¸„‹´ ...:::::;;;;; `›„¸¸¸„.-´ ('Text Here) `-.„¸¸¸„‹´ ;;;;;:::::... `›„¸¸¸„‹' :.

A few general rules on shading:
- Always mirror the shading, BUT the shading must be after the signature is finished.
- Don't use commas in your shading. EVER.
- It may look messy if you go both inwards and outwards in the same signature, but it can also look very good.
- After the font change colons and semicolons are no longer the same length as periods. This is very inconvenient in that you have to realign after shading.
- You should have approximately the same amount of periods, colons, and semicolons.
- Never go straight from : to a space, or from ; to a period.

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20-Apr-2013 00:47:27 - Last edited on 22-Jun-2013 13:43:07 by Nop Rs