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Title: Word Art
Post by: ufgator on July 29, 2010, 09:09:06 am

When doing word art, how do you move the letters around so they join together, both up and down as well as side to side? Thanks for your input!

Happy Scrolling
     Bill

Title: Re: Word Art
Post by: Russ C on July 29, 2010, 09:50:56 am

What program are you using to make your word art?  ???

Title: Re: Word Art
Post by: Marcellarius on July 29, 2010, 09:54:26 am

I use Coreldraw  "text on trac?" to make text follow curves or circles.

Title: Re: Word Art
Post by: ufgator on July 29, 2010, 10:03:26 am

I'd like to use MS word or Photo Shop Elements 7 as that is what I have.

Bill

Title: Re: Word Art
Post by: thumbs on July 29, 2010, 11:30:59 am

Bill, I use corel draw 13 to do my word art. On mine I high lite the word and a box shows up on the right that says kerning. Now I'm taking for granite that all programs call it kerning. check yours to see if you have a kerning tool--not much help I guess--Richard aka thumbs

Title: Re: Word Art
Post by: juvy on July 29, 2010, 11:02:06 pm

I use photoshop.... very easy to move letters in every direction , even turn them, distort them....

but if all you have is say Word..... just print them out, cut them and glue them onto the wood closer together

Title: Re: Word Art
Post by: GrayBeard on July 29, 2010, 11:36:51 pm

Lesson in Typography...

Spacing between letters, symbols, etc. on a HORIZONTAL line is called "Kerning".

Spacing between Letters or lines of type in the VERTICAL is called "Leading."

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: Word Art
Post by: dgman on July 29, 2010, 11:58:10 pm

Thanks GB.