Mommymosier Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I'm trying to do an 8x8 layout where the text stretches evenly all across with a cut out in the center for a picture. I was inspired by something (I'll try to post a picture) and I have to do this. Any suggestions? Terms like kerning and leading have me befuddled. Thanks in advance. Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommymosier Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Here's the picture of my inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommymosier Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Anna, I'm actually using CS2 (I guess I should have mentioned that.) I'm intrigued by your idea of doing multiple text boxes. So far, I've tried to have each line of type be on its own layer and stretch it to fit. It totally looked stretched to fit, not natural at all. Now I'm trying one larger text box. For some reason I started working with the bottom portion first and got it looking good. Then I moved to the top part and everything skews when I do anything. I think I'm going to try your idea and use 4 separate text boxes. Thanks and wish me luck. I'll post any advancements I make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaP Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I would be able to figure that out in Word, but not in PSE5. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommymosier Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 I think the four separate text boxes are the key! Thank you so much for the suggestion, Anna. I'll post a finished product soon, I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Wendy, I'm not a type setter, but I have learned a little. First of all, leading is the distance between lines of text. It's really easy to adjust in PSE. With the text tool active, you get a bunch of text options. to the right of the justification buttons (where you center/left justify/right justify text) is a dropdown window. That is where you change the leading space. The default is auto, but you can change it to whatever you want. It's really useful when you want text to line up on digital note paper, etc. Using the leading window would make it easy to make the text fill the page from top to bottom, you can adjust individual lines by highlighting them and then changing the number in the window. Kerning is basicly the distance between one letter and the next. I don't think (at least, I've never seen one) there is a way to change this in PSE. Maybe someone else knows a way. You can do full justification in PSE. It doesn't have a button up at the top of the screen, but if you draw a text box and then press Shift + CTRL + J it will give you full justification (where the computer adjusts the text so the lines end smoothly on both the left and right sides). I don't know how to make the text wrap (when the text automatically follows a path around an object, like in your example where the text continues around the picture in the center) in PSE, but I am sure that you can make it look like it does by using individual text boxes. It will be time consuming, but it shouldn't be too difficult. And, you can stretch text to make it fit better. After you are done typing, select your move tool, and then use Free Transform and pull on the corner resizing handles. In PSE4, you would just click on them and drag. In PSE5, I think you have to hold the Shift key down. Hope that helps you get started! (I just realized that I wrote all of that assuming that you were using PSE! If not, I don't know if any of it is helpful. Sorry!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherise Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Wendy, I don't believe that you can do text wrap automatically with Photoshop. Other Adobe programs like Illustrator and InDesign do it easily, but Photoshop was not designed to do that. I think your best bet is going to be to use separate text boxes. I just quickly re-created your inspiration piece, using one text box for the first 3 lines. Then a separate one each for "minus", "one", "day", and "so I". Then a final text box for the last 2 lines "would . . . you". Make sure that all your text boxes are set to force justify (you do this in the Paragraph sub-menu - it's the icon on the far right for me). Before you start, set up guidelines (pull the rulers over) where you want your short text boxes to start/end, so that they are all lined up exactly the same. Any other questions, feel free to PM me or post here and I'll try to check back. -Cherise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommymosier Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've got some brushwork yet to do around the edges but here is my best effort on this. Thanks again, Anna, for the suggestion. I would have been here all night! Note: the white band at the bottom is to make it able to print on an 8x10 sheet without stretching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommymosier Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 I wish there wasn't as much space between the lines on the side, but I really don't see a way around it. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryveale Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 How to adjust kerning in Photoshop: place your cursor between the two letters. holding down the Alt key, tap the left arrow to take out tiny incremental little spaces or tap the right arrow to add tiny bits of spaces. I just love getting kerning perfect! (sounds weird, I know, but I wrote headlines for years in one of my previous jobs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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