When you start working with type on a path, you quickly come to realize that the…possibilities are endless.…And if you need some inspiration, I strongly suggest that you do a browser search…for typographic portraits, and you will come up with some really, really cool stuff.…And it's very, very labor intensive, but we are going to try something a lot…more modest and achievable in the space of a few minutes,…but nonetheless very effective, and that is we are going to take a letterform,…and then we are going to put type around that letterform. And in this case I've…chosen to use an S, and around it I am putting a Shakespeare quotation from The…Merchant of Venice, and I have broken this quotation into two parts.…
There is the first part, and there is the second. Combined they very effectively,…I think, suggest the graceful shape of this S letterform.…So let's see, how do we do this?…I am going to turn off those finished layers, and I am going to turn back on the S.…What we want to do here is want to create a path from this letter.…
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6/17/2011- The pros and cons of setting type in Photoshop
- Setting type preferences
- Choosing fonts
- Sizing type
- Entering glyphs and special characters
- Tracking and kerning type
- Using Baseline Shift
- Working with OpenType fonts
- Justifying and aligning paragraphs
- Masking type with clipping masks
- Warping type
- Converting type to shape layers
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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1. Introducing Type in Photoshop
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Setting type preferences3m 37s
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2. Entering and Editing Text
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Interacting with type layers1m 53s
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Copying a type layer3m 5s
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Choosing fonts3m 15s
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Sizing type2m 20s
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Finding and replacing text2m 20s
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3. Character Formatting
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Changing type color4m 5s
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Sampling color3m 19s
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Working with transparency1m 45s
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Applying a gradient4m 22s
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Setting leading3m 56s
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Tracking type3m 7s
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Kerning type3m 44s
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Using Baseline Shift2m 39s
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Giving emphasis41s
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Using smart quotes1m 3s
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4. Paragraph Formatting
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Aligning type on an axis2m 51s
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Grouping layers1m 28s
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Creating a bulleted list1m 46s
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5. Masking Type
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Using type mask tools3m 10s
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Masking with a clipping mask1m 41s
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Masking with Pattern Overlay1m 52s
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6. Path Type, Rotated Type, and Vertical Type
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Setting type around a circle5m 55s
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Setting type around a shape4m 29s
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Create a work path from type5m 59s
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Working with vertical type1m 54s
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Working with stacked type1m 44s
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Distorting type3m 50s
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Conclusion
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Final thoughts17s
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