posted 12-26-1999 08:44 AM
I like to open a document and type the name and the alphabet in upper & lower case, and the numbers in every fon I have loaded on my computer, then print out this document. WHen I install new fonts, I make a new document with the additional fonts and print it out, thus I have a hard copy of all of the fonts I currently have. This helps me decide on which one to use for whatever purpose. If you have a decent number of fonts, you should be able to find something close enough, even if not an exact match. Font creation software exists, but simply doing web searches and downloading free (or buying online) fonts is much, much, much easier. For a single line of type, you can carefully create the text by hand, scan it in, and place it on a tansparent layeras a seperate element, as mentioned below. For my website buttons, I had to apply the type to my images and go back in at high magnification and tweak alomst every letter to make them read right at the size they were to be displayed.
Also, IMHO, Extensis Phototext Solo is the most useful Photo Shop plug in I have used! I add a lot of text to images and it simplifies it and allows things that the regular PS text tool does not.
Rubber stamp and blur the edges of the stamped sections to erase the old text, then apply text onto a transparent layer (hold down the Alt key if using Phototext) and adjust it as necessary until you are happy with it, then flatten the image.
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Jeff F - Magic and FX
Amazing the Masses
posted 12-24-1999 12:00 AM