STEP FIVE: Click within your docu-
ment and enter the word “HAPPY”
in all caps. For maximum flexibility
in positioning and rotating each
word, let’s put each word on its
own layer. To do that, Shift-click
beneath the first word to force
Photoshop to create another type
layer and enter “NEW,” also in all
caps. Shift-click beneath that word
and enter “Year.”
To experiment with font size,
double-click the word to highlight
it and use the Size field in the
Options Bar. To reposition the
word, press V to grab the Move
tool and then drag the word into
place. Don’t worry too much about
size and placement as you can
always change it later on. We’ll
select the fonts we want to use
in the next step.STEP SIX: To change fonts, activate
the type layer you want to change
in the Layers panel—don’t highlight
the word—and then with the Type
tool active, click the Fonts menu
in the Options Bar (circled). As
you point your cursor at the fonts
in the menu, the text in your doc-
ument changes in real time. You
can also download fonts by click-
ing the Creative Cloud icon at the
upper right of the fonts list (also
circled), which opens the Adobe
Fonts website (free with a Creative
Cloud subscription).
Use the Search field to find
keywords like rounded, outlined, or
neon. When you find a font you like,
turn on the Activate Font switch
(circled) and the font immediately
appears in Photoshop’s font menu.
In this example, the Adobe Fonts
named Clone Rounded Latin Reg-
ular (at 68 pt), Industry Inc Outline
(at 224 pt), and HT Neon (at 235
pt) were used for Happy, New, and
Year, respectively. HOW TOPHOTOSHOP USER
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