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The Scribble Effect

A new effect that was introduced to CS4 is the scribble effect. It's nice if you want to take an .eps and give it a hand quality feel. Also you can combine the scribble with a hard outline to have a nice type effect.

Create your type and fill with the desired scribble color.

Next select Effect>Stylize>Scribble

You can play with the various settings until you have the effect you are going for. There is a ton of flexibility in this filter.

Once the scribble effect is applied, place another layer of the text with a solid stroke.

You'll find a lot of fun uses for this treatment. I've created this one to have a drafted look for "fine homes"