Shadowed font for title

[Leablahblah]

Do you have a favorite script font that's pretty chunky that you like to use for titles and that can be shadowed?

I have a lot of favorite handwritten ones but they don't work as well when shadowed.

[jacinda]

These are my faves:

[Leablahblah]

Oops I said script but what I meant was the opposite!! What's it even called? Type?

Thanks Jacinda. I'm gonna save some of these anyway! lol

[rach3975]

Maybe you mean printed fonts. Like these?



I think they all look better with a style or bevel added before the shadow, but of course I didn't use anything on them in this preview.

One note about DK Whale Song--I have a free version of the font, so the numbers 4 and 5 are whales rather than the numbers. It's still one of my faves!

The last thing I need are more fonts, but now I need to get a few of the ones Jacinda shared...

[Leablahblah]

Lol sorry Rachel! I know asking for fonts faves is a dangerous business around here!

And yes that’s the type of print I meant! Thank you

[YepBrook]

Rockwell is still one of my favorites for titles. A few more I can think of is century gothic (classic), cubano, rift (thin, airy), museo sans (chunky and bold), and arial rounded. I'm suuuper lazy at doing titles and usually use fonts. Although I prefer script fonts, because I think they look better. Pretty much any font can work shadowed, even thin ones. Sometimes I will give the title two shadow layers... one softer and at a natural angle and then one smaller for more definition at the opposite angle or whatever looks best on the page. You can also add a mat in a contrasting color to help it pop. Just duplicate the font layer and add an outer stroke in whatever thickness you desire to the font layer on the bottom. Then rasterize (make sure it doesn't have a drop shadow) and clip papers or a solid color to it. Then add a shadow. That will create a mat behind the font. The only fonts that don't work well shadowed are the handwritten ones with texture on the edges. Those look better flat on the paper layer, I think.

[Leablahblah]

Thank you so much Brook for the tips! I went ahead and downloaded a few of your recommendations, the ones I could find at least. Thanks!

[YepBrook]

Originally Posted by Leablahblah

Thank you so much Brook for the tips! I went ahead and downloaded a few of your recommendations, the ones I could find at least. Thanks!

Do you have the Adobe Creative Suite? I often find great fonts in Adobe Fonts (Type Kit) and they load automatically into Photoshop so I can use them. Some I suggested might be Adobe fonts.

[Leablahblah]

Originally Posted by YepBrook

Do you have the Adobe Creative Suite? I often find great fonts in Adobe Fonts (Type Kit) and they load automatically into Photoshop so I can use them. Some I suggested might be Adobe fonts.

Yes that's what I noticed but I don't have Adobe Creative Suite. I assume it's a paid program?