You know, we can do all those kind of things. We can change the size of it, you know, we can change the color. What you do is you move it over and then notice how you see that little wiggly thing there at the bottom of the Type Tool? Click on here and now we type in “Type on a Path at Sunset,” and at this point here, all we need to do is just select our Type. If you’ll look in here, you’ll see there’s no align to type here or Type on a Path option. I’m just going to grab the Pen Tool here and then I’m just going to click up, then go down, and let’s just create a nice little kind of a curve here that will be kind of fun.Īll right, so the next thing we’re going to do is we’re going to grab the Type Tool and this is how you do it. So the first thing I’m going to do, here’s a photograph. This is going to be quick, so let’s get started.
There’s actually a lot of things we can do with Orientation, so I’m going to show you how to do Type on a path and then I got another cool trick I’ll show at the end.
You can also visit me on .Īll right, today I’m going to show you some things with Type that you may not even be aware of you can do in Photoshop. Hey Cafe Crew, it’s Colin Smith here from PhotoshopCAFE and you can find me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram PhotoshopCAFE. How to Make Shapes with Text – Type on a Path in Photoshop However, this method gives you way more control AND its a lot of fun ? There is a type warp tool in Photoshop that you can use to do some cool stuff quickly. (I’ve even thought about doing an extended premium tutorial on type and typography (2-3 hour range) if you’re interested, let me know in the comment, otherwise I won’t bother if there isn’t enough interest ) Photoshop actually has some very powerful type features that a lot of people aren’t aware of, or leveraging very well. In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to fill a shape with type and how to align type to a path in Photoshop.