How to Use Fonts in Photoshop

Tips for when you are creating your masthead

Text tool box

Font

Font Size

Stretch vertically

Set the leading (the distance between lines of text)

Set the tracking (the spacing between the characters of text)

Stretch horizontal

Change colour

Font StylesBold, Italic, All Caps, Small caps, Superscript, subscript, underline and strike through

Shift the baseline

Change the colour

Highlight text> click on the colour box>select the hue( on the rainbow)> select the saturation (in the big box)> click okay

Select closest printsafe colour

Select closest websafe colour

Layer style- Drop Shadow

Layer> Layer Style> Drop ShadowIncrease distance

Increase size

As above with white font

Change shadow colour

Change blend mode to dissolve

Layer Style- Inner shadowLayer> Layer Style> Inner Shadow

Increase size

As above with white font

Change shadow colour

Increase noise

Layer Style- Outer Glow/Inner glow

Layer> Layer Style> Outer GlowLayer> Layer Style> Inner Glow

Outerglow

Increase Size

Changefont colour to same as background colour

Inner Glow

Change font to same as background colour

Increase noise

Layer Style- Bevel and Emboss

Inner bevel

Inner bevel increase size

Outer bevel

Outer bevelChange hightlight colour

emboss

emboss with font same as background colour