How To Outline Text On Photoshop

In this weblog post I will evidence yous how to apply an outline stroke to your text in Adobe Photoshop CC.

Stride 1 - Open your certificate or create a new canvas

Open up your document file or create a new canvass with your required dimensions. Here we have a stock image for our case that has a craft work desktop type feel. Select the blazon tool in the left paw tool bar.

Step ii - Create your blazon layer

With the blazon tool selected, click on the sail. This will create a new blazon layer and immediately evidence placeholder text. You tin supercede this with your chosen word or phrase.

Step 3 - Change your font and text size

The default font will be what you have previously used. You should now alter your font, size and position as you see fit. Our case is League Gothic at size 110. We volition too change the font color to white, and then we tin can come across our blackness outline when we create information technology.

Footstep 4 - Add a layer way

Now nosotros need to add our "stroke" layer style. Click on the small "fx" icon at the bottom of the layers panel and select "stroke".

Step 5 - Add your stroke

Y'all at present encounter a dialogue box with your stroke options. Here you tin can set the size, stroke position, blend manner, opacity, fill up blazon and colour. Experience free to take a play effectually with the settings to create your desired look. Our case uses Size 8, Within position and black colour.

Stride six - Remove your fill

This is an optional step as you may exist happy with your blueprint. However, in our case I would like to remove the make full so you can merely see the text outline. With your type layer selected, set your fill up to 0%.

Step 7 - Adding a second stroke

It is now possible to have multiple layer effects on a unmarried layer. In our example we are showing 2 different stroke furnishings on the same layer. To exercise this click on the plus icon next to "stroke" in the styles list. This will add a second stroke effect.

These effects are layered, so the lower effect in the list will demand to exist positioned or sized in a way that is visible and not hidden by our black stroke effect. In our example, we have set the colour to xanthous with the position set to "outside". In one case again, you can endeavor different options on both stroke layers to create completely different looks.