Use the type size and the Leading size (the space between your sentences) together to create a flow in your type and to help eliminate any unwanted spaces. Then, if you are still having problems with gaps, try working with the Character justification (Window>Character) Select your font and then change the type size. I will play with both of these to see which one looks best with my shape. When this happens, you can get better results with your text by making some changes to the Paragraph justification or in the Character justification or through a combination of both! To do this, first open the Paragraph palette (Window>Paragraph) and choose Justify All or Center Justified. There are times when you may not be able to add enough text to fill the shape or, there are spaces in the text that are not pleasing. Your text will stay inside the shape you’ve drawn. Once you have drawn the shape, it is ready for you to add the text inside of it! Select the Type Tool (keyboard shortcut T), click on Horizontal Type Tool form the fly-out menu and click inside the new shape once to begin typing. If your shape is flooded with color, set the fill to 0% on the new shape layer. Once your shape selected, draw it out by holding down the Shift key to constrain the proportions and pulling out on your mouse to get it the size you wish to draw By selecting ALL, you can see every brush that Photoshop has installed on your computer OR you can choose Load Shapes and load any new shapes you may have downloaded or purchased. If you can’t find the shape you want in your drop down menu, try clicking on the arrow at the top right corner and choosing ALL or Load Shapes from the drop down menu. I chose the heart shape for my page, but you can select any shape that you want. In the tool options bar at the top of the workstation, click on the Shapes drop down menu and select the shape that you want your text to appear. To begin adding Text in a shape, select the Custom Shape Tool (U) in your toolbox panel. This is a great way to give your text some fun shapes on your layout! You can make your text have just about any form that you yourself can draw! Sometimes, however, you may want to add text to your layout that is in a shape that may compliment your page like a star or a Christmas tree, or even a heart! Using your pen tool to create these shapes can be VERY time consuming and a bit more difficult! When you want to add text to your page in a SHAPE, the best place to start is the Custom Shape Tool (keyboard shortcut U) in your Photoshop program! Photoshop comes already loaded with a lot of shapes, but if you are wanting more, a quick search of the internet will find you a ton more! In part one of the tutorial, you learned to create a path for your text to follow using the pen tool in your Photoshop program. Alas, the fair maiden of this story (that would be me)…totally forgot! SOOO, at the nudging of one of our wonderful readers, I am back today with part two of the text path tutorials. I wrote the tutorial as a two parter, thinking that I would add the second part of it a few weeks later. Long, Long ago, like back in January I think, I wrote a tutorial on creating Text on a path.
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