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1. Establish the center lines of the vertical and horiztonal strokes, but drawing two rectangles the width/height of the vertical and horizontal paths.

Note: These three rectangles are the same (just at 90 rotations from each other) because the stroke width is equal throughout.

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Draw a perfect circle for the round shape, then cut the circle path at the upper right quadrant. The anchor points from the cut quadrant should align perfectly with the centering lines drawn in Step 1.

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Draw the straight strokes with the pen tool . Start by clicking on the open end points of the open circle so one complete stroke is drawn.

4. The main spine of the symbol is established, but must be edited slightly. The top stroke of the f is curved on both the outer and inner stroke. Simply rounding the stroke joint will round only the outer stroke, not the inner. For this kind of rounded join two bezier points, rather than one bezier corner point must be added and adjusted.

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4. Increase the stroke width until the stroke width matches the original symbol shape.

5. In the Appearance panel add a new stroke. Give the second stroke a different color than the first and increase the weight of the stroke.

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6. The symbol is approaching its final form, but is not complete. The strokes dont break the symbol correctly. A brush is the solution; but to get to that brush, first drag the symbol into the Graphic Styles panel.

7. Draw a straight path and apply the new graphic style by selecting the path and clicking on the graphic style in the Graphic Styles panel. (To view a graphic style before applying hold down the Control key and click-and-hold over the style).

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8. Drag the newly styled path into the Brushes panel. At the dialog, create a Pattern Brush. In the following dialog, name the brush. Click OK.

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9. Using the main spine drawn in Step 4, apply the brush by selecting the path and clicking on the Pattern Brush in the Brushes panel.

10. If the path is oriented in the wrong direction, double click on the Brush in the Brushes panel to open its options. Click on the Flip Along checkbox to change the direction of the brush to the correct orientation.

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11. The orange path in our brush needs to become white. Orange was used so the path direction would be visible during the previous steps. Select the path created in Step tk, from which the original brush was made. In the Appearance panel change the orange stroke to white.

12. Hold down option and drag the newly colored path directly on top of the original brush. The brush dialog will appear. Click OK. A second dialog will appear asking if you want to Apply, Leave or Cancel the change of brush stroke. Click Apply.

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13. The symbol appears nearly complete. However, the inner corner of the top stroke of the f is rounded, not angled. Therefore a few final steps are necessary.

14. In order to make these final adjustments the symbol must be detached and expanded from the brush that made it. Select the path and go to Object > Expand Appearance.

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15. Select the Expanded symbol and go to Object > Expand. In the dialog that appears check off Fill and make sure only Stroke is checked.

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16. Ungroup all the expanded pieces (Command + g). It will be necessary to command+g multiple times to ungroup everything. With everything ungrouped, select all the paths in the symbol and click Divide in the Pathfinder panel. Select all the blue parts of the symbol, but only the blue. Click on the Unite button in the Pathfinder panel. Once united, select all the remaining paths (the white parts) of the symbol and delete them.

If done correctly the symbol can be placed over a color or image with show-thru visible on the overlapping strokes.

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21. Lastly, select the inner corner of the top of the f stroke. Add two anchor points, one on the horizontal stroke, one on the vertical. Delete the anchor point at the corner.

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Remove the corner point with the pen tool (Delete anchor point function), not the Scissors or the delete key.

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22. Pull out the Bezier handles of points

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to create the inner curve.

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23. For the slightly rounded corners, select the symbol and add a thin stroke aligned to the outside.

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