To have a better view, hide the original text layer by clicking on the small eye icon on the left side of its thumbnail in the Layers panel. Ī path with the same shape as your text should be present around it. So, select the Horizontal Type tool (T), right-click on top of the text, and choose Create Work Path. Now, we need to turn our text into a work path in order to be able to insert our quote inside its shape. Step 2 - Create a Work Path From Your Text Next, select the Move Tool (V) and center your text by clicking Align Vertical Centers and Align Horizontal Centers in the top toolbar.
#Fit text in shape illustrator how to
If your font has extra characters and you want to use them in your design, you can check out our guide on how to access extra glyphs and swashes. In our case, we horizontally scaled the text to 150%. You can adjust any of the text’s settings, like kerning, leading, etc., by toggling the Character and Paragraph panels with the small folder icon in the top toolbar. Select the Horizontal Type Tool (T), choose your font, and type your text. Step 1 - Add the Text You Plan to Use as the Shapeįirst, we need to add the text that is to be converted into the shape and filled with text. The document size and other characteristics should depend on the usage you are going to give to your artwork. Let’s start by opening Photoshop and creating our document. We also used this beautiful photo frame mockup to showcase our design. But feel free to browse our extensive font catalog to choose the ones that suit you most. We will use the bulky Joylane font from our list of Blackletter fonts as the shape and the Freckles font for the fill text. You can use this technique to create artwork of letters filled with some meaningful text. We will create the shape by converting type into a work path. In this tutorial, we will learn how to fill a shape with text in Photoshop.
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