Select the type tool in the left hand tool bar. With the type tool selected, click on the canvas. This will create a new type layer and immediately show placeholder text. You can replace this with your chosen word or phrase. The default font will be what you have previously used. You should now change your font, size and position as you see fit.
Our example is League Gothic at size We will also change the font colour to white, so we can see our black outline when we create it. You now see a dialogue box with your stroke options.
Here you can set the size, stroke position, blend mode, opacity, fill type and colour. Feel free to have a play around with the settings to create your desired look. Our example uses Size 8, Inside position and black colour. This is an optional step as you may be happy with your design. The text in the above Photoshop text outline image is a simple sans-serif font.
Another idea is taking fancier fonts and creating beautifully outlined fonts that appear to be hollow inside. Outline fonts are used everywhere—logos, signs, billboards, you name it. You can find a lot of free outline fonts online and then mix and match them in your own projects. One way to create your own Photoshop outline font is to outline any font and then make its insides disappear, leaving only a border around the text, forgoing the fill entirely.
You can layer this graphic on top of an image for an attractive, attention-grabbing headline. This is a simple example, but there are many ways to get creative with outlined fonts and different effects. In the next section, we explore another possibility: partially outlined text in Photoshop.
In this example, we'll use this text outline method to create a subtle effect that would be great for any multi-media presentation in need of some pizzazz. The final effect should look like this:. This basic design template can be modified to suit a variety of projects: flyers, birthday cards, digital scrapbooking, and even web design.
You can use it in tandem with our font family outline trick described previously, sticking a photo or two underneath the text layer for a really classy, polished effect. There are many ways to outline text, but a basic stroke is the most straightforward way of doing it in Photoshop. You can always combine the text with any Layer Styles to add compound effects. Right-click on the menu and select Blending Options.
This will open up the following menu:. All you need to do to outline text in Photoshop is select the Stroke option from the list in the Blending Options menu, located on the left-hand side:. Once applied, you should see a default outline around your text that we will be editing further in the next step. This menu will allow you to dictate the properties of the outline around your text. They are as follows:. Within the Stroke menu you will also see a setting labeled as Position.
There are three options to choose from:. Go ahead and choose a color, size and style for your text outline and click the OK button when you are finished to apply the changes.
Once you have applied a stroke to your text in Photoshop, you will notice that a new adjustment layer has been added to the text layer:. The process used to outline text in Photoshop can be repeated to add multiple outlines around your text. To do so, simply right-click on your text layer again and select Blending Options from the menu.
Repeat all of the steps outlined earlier in the lesson, and your new stroke will be applied on top of the first stroke you created:. As was the case for the first stroke you created, an effects layer will be added as a sublayer for the text in the Layers menu, in addition to the original stroke layer. Finally, you may be wondering how to delete a stroke in Photoshop if you no longer want the outline around your text.
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