Text Settings

[CA Dreamer]

Hey guys... Dumb Question...

What settings do you use for your text on LOs? When I leave it alone, it looks funny to me and when I shadow, it looks funny to me.... Any secrets? I feel like I am the only one who doesn't know because everyone else's LOs look great!

[Linz]

hmm... I dunno. I don't shadow my text.

[Angie4b1g]

I don't shadow it. If you were to add text to a paper layout, no matter how sunny it was... there wouldn't be a shadow. :D

I also try not to put text on top of stuff. Like I wouldn't write on a button IRL.

But I'm weird.

[Linz]

I don't shadow it. If you were to add text to a paper layout, no matter how sunny it was... there wouldn't be a shadow. :D

I also try not to put text on top of stuff. Like I wouldn't write on a button IRL.

But I'm weird. ^^that too.

[CA Dreamer]

Thanks. Thinking about what happens IRL. Good rule of thumb for digi!

[jessica31876]

you could try lowering the opacity of the text just a tad. especially if you are using black to type. I usually lower the opacity of the layer to like 85 or 90 percent

[CA Dreamer]

Thanks, I will try that too. That might add a little dimension. It just looks so flat to me.

[Nettio]

I don't ever shadow journaling text. If I use a font as a title and add a stroke to it (like a white sticker-like stroke), then I will usually add a shadow because if it were a paper layout, it probably would have either been stickers or cut out from paper.

If I have a font that isn't standing out enough against the background, then sometimes I will duplicate the text layer to make it a little more bold.

[SeattleSheri]

What program are you using?

[CA Dreamer]

I am using CS3

[lovely1m]

I agree, always think of it as a paper LO. Never write on things that you can't write on IRL and never shadow what would normally be written with a pen or marker.

[sczos911]

I usually change the opacity & filter to multiply (sometimes I just keep scrolling through) because if I wrote in marker on the page, I think that some of the paper would show through.
I never shadow journaling & I love making stickers out of text, too.

[newfiemountiewife]

I agree, always think of it as a paper LO. Never write on things that you can't write on IRL and never shadow what would normally be written with a pen or marker.

Yup,this. I only write on paper, and I never shadow. You could add a bit of a bevel at the proper angle, and it can look "dented" in, like writing with a pen could.