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We are only going to use part of the spiral to make the @ symbol. For the a portion create two ellipses to the sizes shown above. Drag guidelines from the top screen ruler (Ctrl L to show rulers) to the inner portion of the spiral shown above. Align the two ellipses to this guideline. Drag a second guideline through the center of the larger ellipse and drag a third guideline to align with the top of the large ellipse.

Using the Shape Editor Tool (F4), or the Pen Tool (Shift F5), create a vertical line between the two ellipse and to the height of the top 1/2 of the larger ellipse. (If you are using the Shape Editor Tool, be sure the Make Line icon (/) on the Infobar is selected).

 

Gold and Chrome Xara Xone Tutorial

Select the 2 ellipses and from the Arrange menu Convert to Editable Shapes.

Hold down the Shift key (to multiple select) and using the Selector Tool (F2) click on the two ellipses and the vertical line.

TIP: You can also select a group of objects by dragging a selection marquee around all the objects with the Selector Tool. This is called a marquee selection. Unlike Adobe Illustrator (for you Illustrator users), the marquee needs to be outside all of the objects in order to select them.

In the Skew Angle of Selection text entry box on the Infobar (highlighted above in yellow), enter 7.5 and press Enter to apply the change. With all 3 elements still selected, move them to the right until the smaller ellipse is touching the outline of the spiral as shown above. I like to use the arrow keys on my keyboard to move objects like this. When the objects get close, I hold down the Alt key to reduce the distance for each click to 1 pixel.

 

 

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