I asked a lot of people if they knew how to convert Illustrator text to a single path, not an *OUTLINE*, but a single path line right through the heart of those sweet vectory black letters. Turns out, it can't be done short of using the pen tool and manually tracing each letter. Well, let me tell you, I'll trace your FACE OFF.
Which brings me to my next point. If in any given situation, you can't respond with a "Mother Futon!", you can always say, "I'll <- insert given situation here ->your FACE OFF". Get's em every time.
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Verb says,
So it has to be a verb, right?
Like, "I'll EAT your face off."
Or, "I'll READ your face off."
It is the power of the poetic again. Confidence, combined with a powerful language conveying that confidence and you hold in your hands the face of everyone around!
Do you remember back in elementrary/junior high school when everyone used to yell "FACE!"? I never got it until now. The things I've learned from the futon site...
Posted @ June 8, 2005Caleb Hagen says,
I'll IKEA your face off! See, it works just fine. IKEA is nowhere close to a verb. It can't even be used as one ... even in the most poetic of situations.
Seriously. I will SERIOUSLY ikea your face off! I suppose that I just used an adverb to modify a proper noun ... which is makes my noun a verb. Well, kiss my grits. In fact, I'll GRITS your face off!
Posted @ June 8, 2005Holly says,
Well, you can sort of do it. Have you tried converting it to outlines and then trying a negative "offset path" before? that'll get you real close.
Remember "PRC their face off"?
Posted @ June 8, 2005Noah says,
A negative offset?!? None of the others new about this! Holly, if this works, you are my new favorite non-other. I'll thank your FACE off!
Posted @ June 8, 2005Noah says,
And no, it doesn't have to be a Verb. It can be anything really. Just try it with whatever. And give an evil eye look while doing it, that helps emphasize it more...
Posted @ June 8, 2005DJ Bruce says,
how do you do this negative offset path you speak of?
just when i think i'm becoming an illustrator jedi master, i'm knocked back down to padawan again...
Posted @ June 8, 2005YSBL says,
I like to use the noun head instead of face. I mean then it encompasses the face plus you know stuff like hair and ears and crap. As in: I'll NEGATIVE OFFSET your head off!
ps did the offset thingy work?
Posted @ June 9, 2005Originator of "Your Face!" says,
You may all be wondering where there strange term was actually birthed. Well I have the answer. If any of you have ever seen the T.V. version of The Fast Times at Ridgemont High, then you will know. There is one point in the movie where the main character, is working at some fast food place (and he has had a bad day) and he is dealing with a fussy customer. The customer is speaking of his 100% gurantee to get his money back if he doesn't like his food.
Thats when the main character says "Sir, if you don't calm down, I'm gonna kick 100% percent of your #$%@" (but on tv, they can't play the word ass, so instead there is this horrible dub job of someone saying "FACE" really loudly and in a totally different voice.
So it says "I'm gonna kick 100% of your-FACE"
It's totally funny.
So there it is mystery unvelied.
Posted @ June 9, 2005Noah says,
Thank you Originator for that fine description of the origins of the Face Off. I think most people were assuming it was just something we came up with while watching that horrible Travolta/Cage movie...
Posted @ June 9, 2005Noah says,
YSBL - No, I haven't tried it yet. Perhaps Holly can write up a tutorial and we could post it here?
Posted @ June 9, 2005hink says,
"Learn it. Live it. Know it."
PS - "I'll shave my dogs ass and teach him to walk backwards your FACE OFF!"
Posted @ June 12, 2005